Parliament Question: Extension of SAMARTH Scheme

GOVERNMEN T OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TEXTILES RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-3354 ANSWERED ON- 20/03/2026 EXTENSION OF SAMARTH SCHEME

3354. SHRI NARAYANA KORAGAPPA:

SHRI KESRIDEVSINH JHALA:

SHRI SHAMBHU SHARAN PATEL:

DR. MEDHA VISHRAM KULKARNI:

SHRI RYAGA KRISHNAIAH:

Will the Minister of TEXTILES be pleased to state:

(a) whether Government has extended the SAMARTH (Scheme for Capacity Building in Textiles Sector) for another two years, if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor;

(b) the number of beneficiaries under the SAMARTH during the last five years and the current year, State- wise;

(c) the State-wise details of total training centers/active training centers under the scheme;

(d) the total number of weavers and artisans who have got employment under the scheme so far; and

(e) the details of the SC, ST and other marginalized categories beneficiaries including women trained under this scheme during the last five years? ANSW ER THE MINISTER OF TEXTILES (SHRI GIRIRAJ SINGH)

(a): Yes, the Government has approved the extension of the Samarth Scheme for a period of 2 years 2024-25 to 2025-26. At present, the scheme is valid up to 31.03.2026. Samarth (Scheme for Capacity Building in Textiles Sector) of Ministry of Textiles provides demand-driven, placement-oriented skilling programmes to supplement the efforts of the industry in creating jobs in the organized textile sector, covering the entire value chain of textiles, excluding Spinning and Weaving, on pan India basis.

(b): A total of 3,90,512 and 2,04,668 beneficiaries were trained under the Samarth scheme during 2020-21 to 2024-25 and current year 2025-26 (till 10.3.2026) respectively. State/UTs wise number of beneficiaries who have been trained (pass) under Samarth scheme during the last five years, and current year is given in Annexure I.

(c): There are 4,430 active training centres as on 10.3.2026 under the Samarth scheme. State/UTs wise number of Active Training Centre sunder the Samarth scheme is given in Annexure II.

(d): A total of 4,64,812 beneficiaries, including weavers and artisans who have got employment after successfully trained under the Samarth scheme as on 10.03.2026. State/UTs wise number of beneficiaries, including weavers and artisans who have got employment after successfully trained under the Samarth scheme is given in Annexure III.

(e): Under the Samarth scheme, a total of 3,90,512 beneficiaries trained (pass) during the last five years (FY 2020–21 to 2024–25). Out of these, 3,44,696 are women, 1,03,181 belong to Scheduled Castes (SC), and 49,259 belong to Scheduled Tribes (ST).Annexure I The details of beneficiaries have been trained (pass) and under Samarth scheme during the last five years and current year State/UTs wise are given below:

S. No. State/UTs No of Beneficiaries Trained (Pass) 2020-21 to 2024-25 2025-26(up to 10.3.2026) 1 Andaman and Nicobar 88 0 2 Andhra Pradesh 9598 4482 3 Arunachal Pradesh 87 37 4 Assam 10731 5836 5 Bihar 10981 9455 6 Chandigarh 87 0 7 Chhattisgarh 3187 1133 8 Delhi 6662 3594 9 Goa 106 0 10 Gujarat 11713 4453 11 Haryana 20615 10049 12 Himachal Pradesh 1237 640 13 Jammu and Kashmir 2288 298 14 Jharkhand 3462 1012 15 Karnataka 88971 38258 16 Kerala 2302 286 17 Ladakh 26 0 18 Madhya Pradesh 12854 9332 19 Maharashtra 13412 4874 20 Manipur 1510 437 21 Meghalaya 188 89 22 Mizoram 947 205 23 Nagaland 1276 198 24 Odisha 8225 1238 25 Puducherry 388 189 26 Punjab 1009 1481 27 Rajasthan 23295 18527 28 Sikkim 66 0 29 Tamil Nadu 76148 31465 30 Telangana 9588 4032 31 D&N Haveli and Daman & Diu 2308 198 32 Tripura 1568 199 33 Uttar Pradesh 62283 52014 34 Uttarakhand 878 427 35 West Bengal 2428 230 All India Total 390512 204668Annexure II The details of total Active Training Centres as on 10.3.2026 under the Samarth scheme State/UTs wise

are given below:

S. No. State/UTs No of Active Training Centre 1 Andaman and Nicobar 2 2 Andhra Pradesh 137 3 Arunachal Pradesh 5 4 Assam 268 5 Bihar 110 6 Chandigarh 1 7 Chhattisgarh 26 8 Delhi 64 9 Goa 3 10 Gujarat 119 11 Haryana 142 12 Himachal Pradesh 20 13 Jammu and Kashmir 39 14 Jharkhand 48 15 Karnataka 849 16 Kerala 11 17 Ladakh 1 18 Madhya Pradesh 137 19 Maharashtra 141 20 Manipur 8 21 Meghalaya 12 22 Mizoram 5 23 Nagaland 16 24 Odisha 58 25 Puducherry 5 26 Punjab 33 27 Rajasthan 280 28 Sikkim 3 29 Tamil Nadu 899 30 Telangana 125 31 D&N Haveli and Daman & Diu 7 32 Tripura 15 33 Uttar Pradesh 798 34 Uttarakhand 17 35 West Bengal 26 All India Total 4430Annexure III The details of total placed beneficiaries, including weavers and artisans who have got employment under the Samarth scheme, the State/UTs wise are given below:

S. No. State/UTs No of Beneficiaries Placed (as on 10.03.2026) 1 Andaman and Nicobar 67 2 Andhra Pradesh 11553 3 Arunachal Pradesh 30 4 Assam 10305 5 Bihar 14270 6 Chandigarh 72 7 Chhattisgarh 3684 8 Delhi 7169 9 Goa 83 10 Gujarat 11899 11 Haryana 23148 12 Himachal Pradesh 1342 13 Jammu and Kashmir 1624 14 Jharkhand 3025 15 Karnataka 103036 16 Kerala 2371 17 Ladakh 26 18 Madhya Pradesh 17796 19 Maharashtra 14029 20 Manipur 1374 21 Meghalaya 186 22 Mizoram 500 23 Nagaland 1157 24 Odisha 7996 25 Puducherry 487 26 Punjab 1899 27 Rajasthan 30666 28 Tamil Nadu 91989 29 Telangana 10992 30 D&N Haveli and Daman & Diu 2261 31 Tripura 1281 32 Uttar Pradesh 86086 33 Uttarakhand 1002 34 West Bengal 1407 All India Total 464812 ****