**Summary:**
This document summarizes the Ministry of Textiles' response to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1465, concerning skill development under the SAMARTH scheme, answered on July 29, 2025. The SAMARTH scheme aims to provide demand-driven, placement-oriented skilling programs within the textiles sector (excluding spinning and weaving in the organized sector) across India.
Over the last three financial years, the scheme has trained and passed 3,19,887 beneficiaries, with 2,73,681 successfully placed in jobs. This includes 26.70% Scheduled Caste (SC) and 12.50% Scheduled Tribe (ST) beneficiaries.
The SAMARTH scheme ensures its relevance to the textile industry's evolving needs by directly empaneling textile industries to provide training based on their specific requirements, utilizing 120 National Skills Qualification Framework (NSQF) aligned courses.
The scheme incorporates post-training support through placement provisions, requiring a minimum of 70% placement under Entry Level and 90% under Upskilling programs in the organized sector, with a 6-month retention period. The scheme also supports self-employment opportunities within the traditional Handloom, Handicraft, Jute, and Wool sectors. The Minister of Textiles, Shri Giriraj Singh, provided the answer.
Key Entities Referenced
SAMARTH Scheme: A scheme for capacity building in the textiles sector, focusing on providing demand-driven, placement-oriented skilling programs.
Ministry of Textiles: The Indian government ministry responsible for implementing the SAMARTH Scheme.
SHRI GIRIRAJ SINGH: The Minister of Textiles.
LOK SABHA: The lower house of the Parliament of India, where the question regarding the SAMARTH scheme was raised.
PAN India: The geographical scope of the SAMARTH scheme implementation, covering the entire country of India.
NSQF: National Skills Qualification Framework, which aligned courses enhance the employability of beneficiaries.
Handloom: Traditional sector where provision for self employment is covered under SAMARTH scheme
Handicraft: Traditional sector where provision for self employment is covered under SAMARTH scheme
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1465
TO BE ANSWERED ON 29.07.2025
SKILL DEVELOPMENT UNDER SAMARTH SCHEME
1465. SMT. BHARTI PARDHI:
Will the Minister of TEXTILES वस्त्र मंत्री
be pleased to state :
(a) the number of persons trained and successfully employed under the SAMARTH scheme during the
last three years, with a special focus on beneficiaries from rural areas and marginalised communities;
(b) the manner in which the Government is ensuring that skill development programmes under
SAMARTH are in sync with the emerging demands of the textile industry to enhance the employability
of the workforce; and
(c) the measures being taken by the Government to strengthen the post- training support and assistance
mechanism for persons trained under SAMARTH, particularly those aspiring to become entrepreneurs or
join the unorganised sector, to ensure long-term livelihood sustainability?
उत्तर
ANSWER
वस्त्र मंत्री (श्री गिररराज स हं )
MINISTER OF TEXTILES
(SHRI GIRIRAJ SINGH)
(a): The Ministry of Textiles is implementing Samarth (Scheme for Capacity Building in Textiles
Sector) with the objective to provide demand driven, placement-oriented skilling programmes to
supplement the efforts of the industry in creating jobs in the organized textile and related sectors,
covering the entire value chain of textiles, excluding Spinning and Weaving in organized sector. Samarth
is being implemented on PAN India basis. A total of 3,19,887 beneficiaries have been trained (passed)
and 2,73,681 beneficiaries have been placed including 26.70% SC & 12.50% ST beneficiaries during the
last three financial years.
(b): Samarth is demand driven, placement-oriented skilling programmes in which textile industries
are directly empaneled to provide the training as their requirement from 120 NSQF aligned courses to
enhance employability.
(c): Samarth scheme has the provision of placement for a minimum of 70% under Entry level training
programme & 90% under Upskilling Training programme in organized sector with 6-month retention
period as post placement support. Also, the provision for self- employment in traditional sector of
Handloom, Handicraft, Jute and Wool.
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