Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nEighteen States have agreed to partner with the Ministry\nunder the scheme out of which Jammu & Kashmir and Odisha were not\npresentduring today\u2019s function. Initially, the Ministry has allocated over 3.5\nlakh targets to the agencies nominated by State Governments to implement this\nscheme. After the training employment will be provided to all these\nbeneficiaries in various textiles related activities. The programme covers the\nentire value chain of the textiles sector except spinning and weaving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The training programme involves advanced technology oriented\nfeatures like Aadhaar Based Biometric Attendance System (AEBAS), CCTV\nrecording, dedicated Call Centre, Mobile App based Management Information\nSystem and on-line monitoring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Speaking on the occasion, Union Minister of Textiles and Women and Child Development, Smriti Zubin Irani, said that the signing of MoUs with State Governments shows the commitment of the Ministry to extend its support to the state agency and make them equal partners for building the spirit of national development to boost the textiles sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Smriti Zubin Irani further said that the targets set out by some of the States like Tamil Nadu and Jharkhand are much below the requirement of skilled workers in textiles industry in those states and urged them to relook at the targets. She said that the Ministry will try to ensure that those who are not employed by the industry may get additional benefits provided by financial services under Mudra scheme. She said that the resolve to skill over 4 lakh people is a big step and every effort must be made to achieve it. The Minister said that she will be visiting the training facilities in different states to take stock of the situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Smriti Zubin Irani also said that 75% of the workers engaged in the textiles sector and 70% of the beneficiaries of the Mudra loan are women. She further addedthat North Eastern States must focus on silk and jute sector and review the targets of skilling under Samarth scheme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Secretary Textiles, Ravi Capoor, in his address said that\nIndia is a very small player in the global market and there is huge potential\nof employment generation in the textiles sector. Secretary Textiles informed\nthat there is a gap of 16 lakh trained skilled workers in textiles industry. He\nfurther added that high standards have been set out in theSamarth scheme for\nthe skilling of the workers so that they are readily employable by the\nindustry. He said that the level of training has to be very good so that the\nobjective of providing meaningful employment to the skilled workers is\nfulfilled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Prime Minister Narendra Modi\u2019s message on skill development\nunder Samarth scheme was read out during the function. A short video film on\nthe scheme was screened on the occasion. A souvenir was also released during\nthe function.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Textiles Ministry, as part of the Government\u2019s broad focus on skill development, implemented the flagship scheme (2010 to 2017) of skilling in textiles sector, Integrated Skill Development Scheme with a target to provide 15 lakh additional skilled workers to the textiles sector by 2017. Under the scheme 11.14 lakh persons were trained by March, 2018 and 8.41 lakh persons were provided placement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With a view to leverage the institutional capability created\nby the Ministry and the synergy \/ collaboration achieved with the industry and\nthe state governments, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs gave its\napproval for a new skill development scheme, titled \u201cSamarth\u201d – Scheme for\nCapacity Building in Textile Sector (SCBTS)” from 2017-18 to 2019-20. It\nis a placement oriented programme for meeting the skill requirements of\ntextiles industry. The scheme aims at skill development of 10 lakh youth upto\n2020 in the entire value chain of textiles, excluding spinning and weaving in\nthe organized sector, with a projected outlay of Rs. 1300 crore.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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