The Minister of State for Textiles, Pabitra Margherita, underlined the Government’s steadfast commitment to giving India’s youth the knowledge and resources they need to guide the country towards a ‘Viksit Bharat’.
Speaking at a news conference in New Delhi, the Minister emphasised that skill development is a Government priority under Prime Minister Narendra Modi and that it will help India progress. He also described the measures being taken to establish a US $ 30 trillion GDP.
He also highlighted the Ministry of Textiles’ initiatives, such as the SAMARTH Scheme, which offers training to increase candidates’ employability and productivity in order to meet the demands of the changing textile industry.
Through the SAMARTH Scheme, the Textile Ministry promotes skill development by offering premium looms and yearns at a discounted rate. Regarding skill development, he highlighted that the Textiles Ministry is making great efforts to carry out the Samarth Yojana, and that 3.48 lakh beneficiaries have received training—of whom 79 per cent have been placed—and that 3.6 lakh women have received training in total. 88 per cent of the beneficiaries of the Samarth Program, which is run by the Textile Ministry and Dakshta Aur Kushalta Vikas, are women. Of these, 26 per cent, or 90,320, are members of the Scheduled Caste, and 12 per cent, or 42,857, are members of the ST group.
The National Technical Textile Mission and the award for research and entrepreneurship for potential innovators in technical textiles were emphasised by the MoS. Startups are encouraged by the Textiles Ministry to conduct research and exercise initiative in the field of technical textiles.
The Ministry of Textiles is also working on start-up projects to produce technical textiles. For 12 startup initiatives, the Textiles Ministry has already approved US $ 741,000. The significance of the five “Fs”- farmer, fibre, factor, fashion, and foreign, was underlined by the Minister.
According to Pabitra Margherita, the textile sector employs about 4.5 crore people, making it the second-largest employer after agriculture. The Ministry of Textiles has set a goal of reaching 10 crore poeple by 2030. He added that the Ministry has set a goal of US $ 350 billion by 2030, and the textile industry’s whole market size is roughly US $ 165 billion.
