Ministry of Textileshas launched following programmesto enhance the wages of workers in textile industry:       

 

SAMARTH (Scheme for Capacity Building In Textile Sector): To address the shortage of skilled workers in the Textile sector, Government has launched Scheme for Capacity Building in Textile Sector (SCBTS) to provide demand-driven, placement oriented skilling programme. It incentivizes the efforts of the industry in creating jobs in the organized textile and related sectors. Besides, it promotes skilling and skill up-gradation in the traditional sectors through respective sectoral divisions/organizations of Ministry of Textiles. It helps to provide livelihood to all sections of the society across the country. The Scheme sets a target to train 10 lakh persons.

Under Scheme for Integrated Textile Park (SITP), 24 greenfield parks have been completed. State wise list of completed park is given as Annexure-I.

SITP is being implemented with a view to increase investment, generate employment opportunities and to boost exports in the textile sector.  The primary objective of SITP is to provide financial assistance to a group of entrepreneurs to establish state-of-the-art infrastructure facilities in a cluster for setting up their textile units, conforming to international environmental and social standards, SITPs are expected to mobilize private investment in the textile sector and generate fresh employment opportunities. The Scheme targets industrial clusters and locations with high growth potential.  The scheme provides that for skilling the manpower required, the units in the textile parks can avail benefits under the “SAMARTH”- The scheme for Capacity Building in Textile sector.

 

State wise list of completed parks

Annexure-I

Sl. No.	Name of the Park	State
1	Brandix India Apparel City Private Limited	Andhra Pradesh
2	Gujarat Eco Textile Park Limited, Surat	Gujarat
3	Mundra SEZ Textile & Apparel Park Limited, , Kutch,	Gujarat
4	Fairdeal Textile Park Pvt. Ltd., Surat Ltd	Gujarat
5	Vraj Integrated Textile Park Limited , Ahmadabad	Gujarat
6	SayanaTextile Park Ltd.,Surat,	Gujarat
7	Surat Super Yarn Park Limited, Surat	Gujarat
8	RJD Integrated Textile Park, Surat	Gujarat
9	Doddabalapur Integrated Textile Park, Doddabalapur	Karnataka
10	Metro Hi-Tech Cooperative Park Limited, Icchalkaranji,	Maharashtra
11	Pride India cooperative Textile park Limited, Icchalkaranji	Maharashtra
12	Baramati Hi Tech Textile Park Limited, Baramati	Maharashtra
13	Deesan Infrastructure,  Pvt Ltd., Dhule	Maharashtra
14	AsmeetaInfratechPvt Ltd , Thane	Maharashtra
15	Islampur Integrated Textile Park Pvt Ltd., Sangli	Maharashtra
16	Latur Integrated Textile Park Pvt Ltd, Latur	Maharashtra
17	Lotus Integrated Tex Park, Punjab, Barnala	Punjab
18	Next Gen Textile Park Pvt Ltd , Pali	Rajasthan
19	Jaipur Integrated Texcraft Park Pvt Ltd, Jaipur	Rajasthan
20	Palladam Hi-Tech Weaving park, Palladam	Tamil Nadu
21	Karur Integrated Textile Park, Karur Park	Tamil Nadu
22	Madurai Integrated Textile Park Ltd, Madurai	Tamil Nadu
23	Pochampally Handloom Park Limited	Telangana
24	Komarpalayam Hi-Tech Weaving Park	Tamil Nadu

 

This information was given in a written reply by the Minister of State for Textiles Smt. DarshanaJardosh in Rajya Sabha today.

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