Syllabus: GS3/ Economy
Context
- The Union government extended the Samarth Scheme for two years (FY 2024-25 and 2025-26) with a budget of Rs. 495 Crore to train 3 lakh persons in textile-related skills.
Samarth Scheme
- Samarth is a demand-driven and placement-oriented umbrella skilling program of the Ministry of Textiles.
- Scheme aims to encourage and support the industry in creating jobs in the organized textile and related sectors, covering the entire value chain of textiles, excluding Spinning and Weaving.
- The scheme also provides upskilling/reskilling programs to improve the productivity of existing workers in Apparel & Garmenting segments.
- Achievement: Under the Scheme, 3.27 lakh (in which 88.3% is women) candidates have trained, of which 2.6 lakh (79.5%) have been employed.
| Textile Industry of India – Share in Domestic Trade: The domestic apparel & textile industry in India contributes approx. 2.3 % to the country’s GDP, 13% to industrial production and 12% to exports. – Share in Global Trade: India has a 4% share of the global trade in textiles and apparel. – Export: In FY22, India was the third largest textile exporter globally, enjoying a 5.4% share. – Production of Raw Material: India is one of the largest producers of cotton and jute in the world. India is also the 2nd largest producer of silk in the world and 95% of the world’s hand-woven fabric comes from India. – Employment Generation: The industry is the 2nd largest employer in the country providing direct employment to 45 million people and 100 million people in the allied sector. – Regions: Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Haryana, Jharkhand, and Gujarat are the top textile and clothing manufacturing states in India. Other initiatives in the textile sector – PM-MITRA: To boost employment generation through setting up of 7 PM Mega Integrated Textile Region and Apparel (PM MITRA) Parks in Greenfield /Brownfield sites with world class infrastructure. – Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme – The PLI Scheme for Textiles to promote production of Manmade Fibre (MMF) apparel, MMF Fabrics and Products of Technical Textiles in the country. – Amended Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme (ATUFS): To achieve the vision of generating employment and promoting exports through “Make in India’’ with “Zero effect and Zero defect” in manufacturing, ATUFS was launched in 2016 to provide credit linked Capital Investment Subsidy (CIS). |
Source: PIB
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