chapter viii wool & wollen textiles industry - Ministry of Textiles

under Component II. Demand driven
courses ranging from Basic Training,
Skill upgradation, Advanced Training
in emerging technologies, Training of
Trainers, orientation towards modern
technology, retraining, skill upgradation,
managerial skill, entrepreneurship
development etc. in sectors such as
Apparel/ garmenting, powerlooms,
Handicrafts, Handlooms, Sericulture,
Jute, Technical Textiles etc. are allowed
under the Scheme. The Scheme targets
to train approximately 26.75 lakh persons
over a period of 5 years.
Funding pattern:
The Govt. provides assistance to the
extent of 75% of the total cost of the
project, and balance 25% is envisaged to
be met from Fee/ Industry Contribution.
However, the Empowered Committee
is authorized to approve a higher level
of government assistance in courses/
programmes (of Component – I) where it
is not feasible to organise the beneficiary
contribution. The average grant per
trainee is estimated as Rs. 7300/-
Progress of Implementation Component I:
Under the Component I of ISDS, 18
proposals have been approved so far.
The implementing agencies are the
Textile Research Associations, Apparel
& Textile Design Centres, Institutions
under DC Handicrafts, DC Handlooms,
Textiles Committee and Office of Textiles
Commissioner, Central Silk Board
etc. The proposals cover all the sub
sectors under Textiles. The projects are
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proposed to be implemented in 17 States
namely Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar,
Chattisgarh, Gujarat, Jammu & Kashmir,
Jharkhand, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh,
Maharashtra, Orissa, Punjab, Rajasthan,
Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and West
Bengal.
A total of 437177 candidates are proposed
to be covered under the Scheme over a
period of five years out of which the first
year target is 54495. In the first year of
implementation 20269 trainees have
been enrolled by the agencies and 14552
trainees have passed out. The total cost
of the approved projects is Rs. 434.84
Cr, out of which Rs. 323.15 is the grant
assistance under the Scheme.
A special dispensation has been allowed
by the Empowered Committee to projects
covering North Eastern and special
category States. Special dispensation
has also been extended to projects in
unorganized sectors proposing to cover
marginalized and weaker sections of
the society, who find it difficult to forego
their daily wages and pay for the training
programme.
The proposed courses are demand driven
and the curriculum has been designed
keeping the industry requirement in mind.
An online MIS www.isds-mot.com has
been designed to capture the progress
of the projects. A skills exchange is also
envisaged under the scheme to bridge
the demand and supply gap for trained
manpower in the textiles industry and
also to provide placement linkages to the
trainees.
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