Samarth scheme upskills over 800 in textiles in state

The state of Nagaland has thirteen textile training centres in operation under Samarth (Scheme for Capacity Building in Textile Sector) as of July 20, 2023

DIMAPUR — As of July 20, 2023, the state of Nagaland has thirteen textile training centres in operation under Samarth (Scheme for Capacity Building in Textile Sector), and over the last three years and the current year, these centres have provided training in textile capacity building to 810 beneficiaries under the scheme.

This was stated by the Minister of State for the Ministry of Textiles, Darshana Jardosh, in a written reply to the Lok Sabha on Wednesday.

The minister further stated that the scheme provides demand-driven, placement-oriented training programmes aligned with the National Skill Qualification Framework (NSQF) to supplement industry efforts in creating employment opportunities in the organised textile and allied sectors.

He said the scheme covers the entire value chain of textiles, barring spinning and weaving, which have been incorporated under the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) initiative of the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.

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Per the data, among the northeastern states under the scheme;

Arunachal Pradesh has four operational centres that have trained 57 beneficiaries, Assam has 106 centres that have trained 5,641 beneficiaries, Manipur has three centres that have trained 1,077 beneficiaries, Meghalaya has four centres that have trained 110 beneficiaries.

Mizoram has three centres that have trained 448 beneficiaries, Sikkim has two centres that have trained 66 beneficiaries, and Tripura has 13 centres that have trained 1,072 beneficiaries over the past three years and current year.

In the country, 183,844 beneficiaries have been trained so far across 1,880 centres under the scheme. The scheme was launched in 2017–18, and it has been extended up to March 2024.

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