Lok Sabha Question No. 1935 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-11
Subject: New Initiatives for Skill Development
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: Shri Janardan Singh Sigriwal

## NEW INITIATIVES FOR SKILL DEVELOPMENT

## 1935. SHRI JANARDAN SINGH SIGRIWAL:

## Will the Minister of TEXTILES वस्त्र मंत्री be pleased to state :

(a)  whether  the  Ministry  has  been  provided  an  increased  budgetary  allocation  in  recently  presented budget for 2025-26 and if so, the details thereof;

(b) whether there has been any change in the allocation for welfare scheme and if so, the details thereof, scheme-wise;

(c) whether the Government has provided sufficient funds for enhancing the export of textile products and if so, the details thereof;

(d)  whether  the  budgetary  provision  includes  any  new  initiatives  for  skill  development  in  the  textiles sector and if so, the details thereof; and

(e) whether any funds have been allocated for the modernization of textile infrastructure under the next fiscal year and if so, the details thereof?

## उत्तर

## ANSWER

## वस्त्र मंत्री ( श्री गिररराज स ंह )

## MINISTER OF TEXTILES (SHRI GIRIRAJ SINGH)

(a) & (b): Ministry's Budgetary allocation for the FY 2024-25 is Rs. 4,417.03 Crore and the for the next fiscal year i.e. FY 2025-26 is Rs.5,272 Crore. The main enhancements are under Production Linked Scheme (PLI) i.e. from Rs.45 Crore (FY 2024-25) to Rs.1,148 Crore (FY 2025-26), under Development of Jute Textiles (NJB) from Rs. 50 Crore (FY 2024-25) to 90 Crore (FY 2025-26), Under Central Silk Board from Rs 900 Crore (FY 2024-25) to Rs. 956.84 Crore (FY 2025-26).

(c): Government is implementing Rebate of State and Central Taxes and Levies (RoSCTL) scheme for Apparel/Garments and Made-ups in order to enhance competitiveness by adopting principle of zero-rated exports. Further, textiles products not covered under the ROSCTL scheme are covered under Remissions of  Duties  and  Taxes  on  Exported  Products  (RODTEP)  along  with  other  products.  In  addition, Government provides financial support to various Export Promotion Councils and Trade Bodies under Market  Access  Initiative  Scheme  implemented  by  Department  of  Commerce  for  organizing  and participating in trade fairs, exhibitions, buyer-seller meets etc at national and international levels

(d): The Ministry of Textiles, under the aegis of NTTM (Component IV), aims to provide training to 50,000 individuals encompassing undergraduates, unskilled workers, professionals seeking upskilling or re-skilling, and personnel engaged in the various application areas of technical textiles.

Furthermore, Ministry of Textiles is also implementing skilling scheme commonly regarded as Samarth, aimed to provide demand driven, placement oriented National Skills Qualifications Framework (NSQF) compliant skilling programmes to incentivize and supplement the efforts of the industry in creating jobs in  the  organized  textile  and  related  sectors,  covering  the  entire  value  chain  of  textiles,  excluding Spinning and Weaving. A budgetary allocation of Rs. 330 crores has been made under the scheme for the FY 2025-26.

(e): The Government has approved setting  up  of  7  (Seven)  PM  Mega  Integrated  Textile  Region  and Apparel  (PM  MITRA)  Parks  in  Greenfield/Brownfield  sites  with  world  class  infrastructure  including plug and play facility with an outlay of Rs. 4,445 Crore for a period of seven years up to 2027-28. And, Amended Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme (ATUFS) was launched in January 2016 which was  valid  till  31 st March,  2022.  Currently  only  committed  liabilities  being  cleared  under  ATUFS  for UIDs  generated  till  31.03.2022  and  Rs  635  crore  has  been  allocated  for  the  next  fiscal  year  for modernization of textile machinery.

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