Book English 2011.p65 - Ministry of Textiles

ministry of textiles●Providing Infrastructural support forproduction & Exports.● Improve quality & productdiversification with more awarenessfor both stakeholders & consumer.● A greater role for NGO asimplementing partners andparticipation of private resources -both human and financial.In view of the 3% growth annually inHandicrafts sector, it is presumed that thetotal employment in the sector as at theend of 10th plan is 67.70 lakhs, which atthe beginning of the 10th plan was 60.16lakhs, showing an annual growth rate ofabout 3%, on the basis of this growth inthe sector it is expected this employmentto reach 80 lakhs by the end of 11th Plan.The plan expenditure during the periodalso witnessed a steady growth increasingfrom Rs.71.65 crores in 2002-03 toRs.286.00 crores in 2010-11. Theproduction during the period 2002-03 hasincreased from Rs.19,564.52 crores toRs.20221.58 crores during the year 2009-10. The exports during the periodincreased from Rs.10933.67 crores in theyear 2002-03 to Rs.11224.27 crores atthe end of the year 2009-10 registering acumulative increased 2.65%, The budgetoutlay for the year 2011-12 has beenproposed for Rs. 316.27 crores.Handicrafts activity being a State subject,its development and promotion are theprimary responsibility of every StateGovernment. However, the CentralGovernment is supplementing their effortsby implementing various developmentalschemes.SARDAR VALLABHBHAI PATELINTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OFTEXTILES AND MANAGEMENTSardar Vallabhbhai Patel InternationalSchool of Textiles and Management,Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, was set upinitially as Sardar Vallabhbhai PatelInstitute of Textiles Management onDecember 24, 2002 as a national levelinstitute for Textile Management to preparethe Indian Textile Industry to face thechallenges of Post-MFA era and enable itto establish itself as a leader in the globaltextiles trade. Recognising the emergingareas in textiles, especially technicaltextiles, and the greater role the Institutehas to play for the benefit of the textilessector, the Institute was upgraded asSardar Vallabhbhai Patel InternationalSchool of Textiles and Management(SPVISTM) by the Hon'ble Minister ofTextiles, Shri Dayanidhi Maran on July 7,2010. (Upgradation of SVPITM toSVPISTM and Signing of MOU withIGNOU on July 7, 2010).SVIPSTM is a National Level AutonomousInstitution providing comprehensiveeducation, training, consultancy andresearch in textiles management. TheSchool has been set up by the Governmentof India, Ministry of Textiles and the TextilesIndustry, registered under the Tamil NaduSocieties Registration Act, 1975 to cater tothe long-felt need for management coursesspecialising in textiles, including researchin textiles management.NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FASHIONTECHNOLOGY (NIFT)The National Institute of FashionTechnology was set up in 1986 as anautonomous Society in collaboration withthe Fashion Technology (FIT), New York,to train professionals to meet therequirements of the textiles industry. Theinstitute has pioneered the evolution offashion business education across thecountry through its network of fifteencentres at New Delhi, Bengaluru, Chennai,Gandhinagar, Hyderabad, Kolkata,Mumbai, Rae Bareli, Patna, Bhopal,Shillong, Kangra, Kannur, Jodhpur andBhubaneswar.16