Samarth Scheme
- March 4, 2023
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
- Category: DPN Topics
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Samarth Scheme
Subject : Schemes
Concept :
- The Ministry of Textiles has called for applications for implementing partners for its Samarth scheme, which will be on till the end of March 2024.
- The ministry has opened a window for the implementing partners – industries and industrial associations – to register before March 14, 2023.
About Samarth Scheme
- Samarth (Scheme for Capacity Building in Textile Sector) is a flagship skill development scheme approved in continuation to the Integrated Skill Development Scheme for 12th Five Year Plan (FYP), Cabinet Committee of Economic Affairs.
- The office of the Development Commissioner (Handicrafts) is implementing the SAMARTH to provide skill training to handicraft artisans under the component ‘Skill Development in Handicrafts Sector’ of National Handicrafts Development Programme (NHDP).
- The scheme covers the entire textile value chain except for spinning and weaving.
- Objectives:
- To provide demand-driven, placement-oriented skilling programmes to incentivize the efforts of the industry in creating jobs in the organized textile and related sectors to promote skilling and skill up-gradation in the traditional sectors through respective sectoral divisions/organizations of the Ministry of Textile.
- To provide livelihood to all sections of the society across the country.