Lok Sabha Question No. 2433 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-01
Subject: Setting up of Apparel Training Centre
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: SUNIL BALIRAM GAIKWAD, T. RADHAKRISHNAN, SUDHEER GUPTA, GAJANAN CHANDRAKANT KIRTIKAR, KUNWAR HARIBANSH SINGH, BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO, VIJAY KUMAR S.R.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2433

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 1 st  AUGUST, 2016

## SETTING UP OF APPAREL TRAINING CENTRE

## 2433. DR. SUNIL BALIRAM GAIKWAD:

SHRI T. RADHAKRISHNAN:

SHRI SUDHEER GUPTA:

SHRI GAJANAN KIRTIKAR:

KUNWAR HARIBANSH SINGH:

SHRI BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO:

SHRI S.R. VIJAYAKUMAR:

Will the Minister of COMMERCE & INDUSTRY ( वािणÏय एवं उɮयोग मंत्री ) be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has recently established an Apparel Training Centre in Nigeria under the Cotton Technical Assistance Programme;
- (b) if  so, the details and the objectives thereof along with the expenditure incurred thereon and the time by which it is likely to be fully functional;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to set up such centres in other countries as well;
- (d) if so, the details thereof, countrywise along with the steps taken or proposed to be taken by the Government in this regard; and
- (e) the steps taken by the Government to promote cotton and textile value chain and address the  need  for  skilled  workforce  for  domestic  as  well  as  export-oriented  Industry  in  the country?

## ANSWER

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THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) (SMT. NIRMALA SITHARAMAN)

(a) & (b): Yes, Madam. The Cotton Technical Assistance Programme for Africa under  the  aegis  of  the  2nd  India  -  Africa  Forum  Summit  held  in  2011,  is  being implemented  in  Benin,  Burkina  Faso,  Chad,  Nigeria,  Uganda  and  Malawi.  The programme  comprises  of  interventions  to  aid  these  countries  to  move  up  the cotton value chain. In this context, a pilot-scale apparel training centre has been set up in Kaduna State in Nigeria with the objective of imparting training on cutting and  sewing  operations.  It  is  equipped  with  20  sewing  machine  sets  and accessories  and  equipment/material  required  for  training  people  on  apparel manufacturing. The expenditure incurred for setting up and operationalizing the facility  is  approximately  Rs  50  lakh.  This  training  centre,  which  is  now  fully

functional, has been handed over to the Government of Nigeria

(c) & (d): Yes, Madam. A suitable site in Makoka in the southern part of Malawi for  setting  up  a  training  centre  similar  to  the  one  set  up  in  Nigeria  has  been identified and machinery and equipment shipped from India have reached the site. The facility is expected to be operationalized in August 2016.

(e): The  Government has announced a special package of Rs. 6000 crore for boosting employment generation and export potential of the Textile and Apparel Sector including additional incentives under the Amended Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme (ATUFS). Further, with a view to address the trained manpower  needs  of  the  domestic  and  export-oriented  textile  industry  in  the country, the Integrated Skill Development Scheme (ISDS) is being implemented by the Ministry of Textiles during the 12 th Plan period with an allocation of Rs 1900 crore to train 15 lakh persons.

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