Lok Sabha Question No. 1768 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-13
Subject: Textile Training Centres
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: Vijay Kumar Dubey

## TEXTILE TRAINING CENTRES

## 1768. SHRI VIJAY KUMAR DUBEY:

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

(a) the total number of textile training centres which have been registered and made operational across the country under the Samarth Scheme in the last three years, State and year-wise;

(b) the number of persons skilled by imparting training after the launch of Samarth Scheme across the country in the last three years, State/UT-wise;

(c) whether the Government has conducted any assessment to understand the impact of the skill training activities on textile industry and if so, the details thereof;

(d)  the  manner  in  which  the  scheme  has  been  beneficial  in  terms  of  employment,  earning  foreign exchange and well-being of the people engaged thereon; and

(e) the further steps being taken by the Government for the development of handloom and textile sector?

## उत्तर

## ANSWER

## वस्त्र राज्  य मंत्री ( श्रीमती दर्शना जरदोर् )

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR TEXTILES (SMT. DARSHANA JARDOSH)

(a): Ministry  of  Textiles  is  implementing (Samarth)-  Scheme  for  Capacity  Building  in  Textile  Sector (SCBTS)  with  the  objective  to  provide  demand  driven,  placement  oriented  National  Skill  Qualification Framework (NSQF) compliant skilling programme to  incentivize and supplement the efforts of the industry in creating  jobs  in  the  organized  textile  (excluding  Spinning  and  Weaving)  and  related  sectors. The  scheme  also provides skilling and skill upgradation courses to weavers/ artisans in the traditional sectors such as Handlooms, Handicrafts, Silk and Jute. Details of textile training centres registered and made operational across the country under the Samarth Scheme in the last three years, State/UT-wise and year-wise are given in Annexure-I.

(b): State/UT-wise details of beneficiaries trained under Samarth Scheme in the last three years is given in Annexure-II.

(c): An  evaluation  of  the  impact  of  previous  version  of  skilling  scheme  in  textile  sector  (Integrated  Skill Development  Scheme)  was  carried  out  in  2017-18  and  the  recommendations  of  the  study  were  utilized  while formulating the ongoing scheme i.e. Samarth.

(d): Samarth-  Scheme  for  Capacity  Building  in  Textile  Sector  has  been  formulated  with  a  provision  for sustainable livelihood either by wage or self employment to all the sections of the society. The scheme provides demand driven, placement oriented  skilling programme to 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. As per scheme guidelines, Implementing Partners are mandated to provide placement to 70% and 90% of trained beneficiaries under entry level course and upskilling courses respectively for the courses in organised sector.  The  scheme  also  addresses  the  skilling  and  skill  upgradation  requirements  in  the  traditional  sectors  of Handlooms, Handicrafts, Sericulture and Jute, with the provision of self-employment.

(e): Government  is  implementing  various  schemes  for  the  development  of  textile  sector  viz,  Production Linked  Incentive  (PLI)  Scheme,  Pradhan  Mantri  Mega  Integrated  Textile  Region  and  Apparel(PM  MITRA), SAMARTH (Scheme for Capacity Building in Textile Sector), Silk Samagra, National Handicraft Development Programme, Integrated Wool Development Programme (IWDP), National Technical Textile Mission (NTTM), Scheme for Integrated Textile Parks (SITP) etc. and for development of the handloom sector, National Handloom Development Programme and Raw Material Supply Scheme  are being implemented.

## Annexure-I

## Details  of  textile  training  centers  registered  and  made  operational  across  the  country  under Samarth Scheme in the last three years

|        |                                              | 2020-21                      | 2020-21                            | 2021-22                      | 2021-22                            | 2022-23                      | 2022-23                            |
|--------|----------------------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------------|
| S. No. | State                                        | Number of centres registered | Number of centres made operational | Number of centres registered | Number of centres made operational | Number of centres registered | Number of centres made operational |
| 1      | Andaman and Nicobar                          | 0                            | 0                                  | 1                            | 1                                  | 0                            | 0                                  |
| 2      | Andhra Pradesh                               | 4                            | 4                                  | 12                           | 19                                 | 18                           | 17                                 |
| 3      | Arunachal Pradesh                            | 2                            | 0                                  | 0                            | 1                                  | 1                            | 3                                  |
| 4      | Assam                                        | 5                            | 9                                  | 89                           | 38                                 | 9                            | 54                                 |
| 5      | Bihar                                        | 6                            | 5                                  | 7                            | 11                                 | 18                           | 14                                 |
| 6      | Chandigarh                                   | 0                            | 0                                  | 0                            | 1                                  | 0                            | 0                                  |
| 7      | Chhattisgarh                                 | 4                            | 4                                  | 5                            | 10                                 | 3                            | 2                                  |
| 8      | Delhi                                        | 5                            | 9                                  | 12                           | 10                                 | 7                            | 6                                  |
| 9      | Goa                                          | 0                            | 0                                  | 0                            | 1                                  | 0                            | 0                                  |
| 10     | Gujarat                                      | 19                           | 11                                 | 40                           | 22                                 | 8                            | 11                                 |
| 11     | Haryana                                      | 14                           | 16                                 | 29                           | 16                                 | 11                           | 9                                  |
| 12     | Himachal Pradesh                             | 1                            | 1                                  | 2                            | 2                                  | 1                            | 3                                  |
| 13     | Jammu And Kashmir                            | 2                            | 4                                  | 11                           | 11                                 | 12                           | 13                                 |
| 14     | Jharkhand                                    | 10                           | 9                                  | 7                            | 5                                  | 3                            | 5                                  |
| 15     | Karnataka                                    | 44                           | 120                                | 191                          | 149                                | 162                          | 177                                |
| 16     | Kerala                                       | 0                            | 1                                  | 0                            | 3                                  | 0                            | 2                                  |
| 17     | Madhya Pradesh                               | 7                            | 7                                  | 15                           | 25                                 | 2                            | 10                                 |
| 18     | Maharashtra                                  | 26                           | 20                                 | 26                           | 17                                 | 6                            | 9                                  |
| 19     | Manipur                                      | 6                            | 1                                  | 15                           | 0                                  | 1                            | 1                                  |
| 20     | Meghalaya                                    | 1                            | 0                                  | 1                            | 4                                  | 0                            | 1                                  |
| 21     | Mizoram                                      | 0                            | 0                                  | 0                            | 2                                  | 0                            | 0                                  |
| 22     | Nagaland                                     | 2                            | 2                                  | 4                            | 9                                  | 0                            | 2                                  |
| 23     | Odisha                                       | 5                            | 8                                  | 7                            | 9                                  | 11                           | 18                                 |
| 24     | Puducherry                                   | 1                            | 1                                  | 2                            | 2                                  | 0                            | 0                                  |
| 25     | Punjab                                       | 2                            | 2                                  | 17                           | 4                                  | 4                            | 1                                  |
| 26     | Rajasthan                                    | 2                            | 7                                  | 45                           | 17                                 | 12                           | 15                                 |
| 27     | Sikkim                                       | 0                            | 1                                  | 1                            | 1                                  | 0                            | 0                                  |
| 28     | Tamilnadu                                    | 211                          | 159                                | 183                          | 188                                | 148                          | 180                                |
| 29     | Telangana                                    | 11                           | 17                                 | 14                           | 19                                 | 44                           | 14                                 |
| 30     | The Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | 0                            | 2                                  | 2                            | 1                                  | 1                            | 3                                  |
| 31     | Tripura                                      | 2                            | 2                                  | 6                            | 9                                  | 9                            | 7                                  |
|        | Uttar Pradesh                                | 86                           | 63                                 | 204                          | 178                                |                              |                                    |
| 33     | Uttarakhand                                  | 3                            | 3                                  | 0                            | 3                                  | 0                            | 1                                  |
| 32 34  | West Bengal                                  | 0                            | 6                                  | 4                            | 7                                  | 58 3                         | 58 6                               |

## Annexure-II

## State/UT-wise details of beneficiaries trained under Samarth Scheme in the last three year

| S. No.   | State                                        | No of beneficiaries trained (passed) during last three years (2020-21, 2021- 22 &2022-23)   |
|----------|----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1        | Andaman and Nicobar                          | 41                                                                                          |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh                               | 4,277                                                                                       |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh                            | 57                                                                                          |
| 4        | Assam                                        | 4,538                                                                                       |
| 5        | Bihar                                        | 2,399                                                                                       |
| 6        | Chandigarh                                   | 87                                                                                          |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh                                 | 1,617                                                                                       |
| 8        | Delhi                                        | 2,698                                                                                       |
| 9        | Goa                                          | 29                                                                                          |
| 10       | Gujarat                                      | 6,139                                                                                       |
| 11       | Haryana                                      | 8,502                                                                                       |
| 12       | Himachal Pradesh                             | 262                                                                                         |
| 13       | Jammu and Kashmir                            | 1,687                                                                                       |
| 14       | Jharkhand                                    | 1,407                                                                                       |
| 15       | Karnataka                                    | 31,171                                                                                      |
| 16       | Kerala                                       | 1,494                                                                                       |
| 17       | Madhya Pradesh                               | 3,246                                                                                       |
| 18       | Maharashtra                                  | 6,635                                                                                       |
| 19       | Manipur                                      | 1,077                                                                                       |
| 20       | Meghalaya                                    | 110                                                                                         |
| 21       | Mizoram                                      | 421                                                                                         |
| 22       | Nagaland                                     | 810                                                                                         |
| 23       | Odisha                                       | 3,858                                                                                       |
| 24       | Puducherry                                   | 277                                                                                         |
| 25       | Punjab                                       | 661                                                                                         |
| 26       | Rajasthan                                    | 6,029                                                                                       |
| 27       | Sikkim                                       | 66                                                                                          |
| 28       | Tamil Nadu                                   | 34,287                                                                                      |
| 29       | Telangana                                    | 4,986                                                                                       |
| 30       | The Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | 1,383                                                                                       |
| 31       | Tripura                                      | 926                                                                                         |
| 32       | Uttar Pradesh                                | 19,641                                                                                      |
| 33       | Uttarakhand                                  | 464                                                                                         |
| 34       | West Bengal                                  | 1,457                                                                                       |
|          | Total                                        | 1,52,739                                                                                    |

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