‘Samarth’- Scheme for Capacity Building in Textile Sector

Question- Recently, the Meeting of Stakeholders on ‘Samarth’- Scheme was held on May 14th, 2018 in New Delhi. The scheme is for Capacity Building in which of the following areas?
(a) Agriculture Area
(b) Manufacturing Area
(c) Energy Area
(d) Clothing Area
Answer: (d) 
Related Facts: 

  • On 14th May, 2018, a meeting of stakeholders on Samarth – Scheme for Capacity Building in Textile Sector under the Skill India Mission was held in New Delhi.
  • The scheme is to familiarize the stakeholders about the scheme and its guidelines.
  • The meeting was chaired by Union Minister of Textiles, Smt Smriti Zubin Irani.
  • The broad objective of the new scheme is to skill the youth for gainful and sustainable employment in the textile sector covering the entire value chain of textiles, excluding spinning and weaving.
  • The scheme, approved by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on 20thof December last year, is intended 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 textiles sectors.
  • The scheme targets to train 10 lakh persons (9 lakh in organised and 1 lakh in traditional sector) over a period of 3 years (2017-20), with an outlay of Rs. 1300 crore.
  • The guidelines of the scheme were released on 23rdof April 2018.
  • The meeting was attended by the senior officials of the Textiles Ministry, institutions and organizations under it, representatives of textile industry, State Governments, training institutions among others.

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