Ten lakhs to be skilled under SCBTS

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved a new skill development scheme covering the entire value chain of the textile sector excluding Spinning & Weaving in organized Sector.

Titled “Scheme for Capacity Building in Textile Sector (SCBTS)”, it is from 2017-18 to 2019-20 with an outlay of Rs.1,300 crore.

The scheme will have National Skill Qualification Framework (NSQF) compliant training courses with funding norms as per the Common Norms notified by Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE).

It is to provide demand driven, placement oriented skilling programme 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 Ministry of Textiles; and to provide livelihood to all sections of the society across the country.

The skilling programmes would be implemented through:

Textile Industry /Units in order to meet the in-house requirement of manpower;
Reputed training institutions relevant to textile sector having placement tie-ups with textile industry/ units; and
Institutions of Ministry of Textiles /State Governments having placement tie-ups with textile industry/units.

Ten lakh people are expected to be skilled and certified in various segments of Textile Sector through the scheme, out of which 1 lakh will be in traditional sectors.

The Integrated Skill Development Scheme (ISDS) was introduced by Ministry of Textiles as a pilot scheme in the last two years of XI Five Year Plan with an outlay of Rs.272 crore, including Rs229 crore as Government contribution with a physical target to train 2.56 lakh persons.

The scheme was scaled up as main phase during the 12th FYP with an allocation of Rs.1,900 crore to train 15 lakh persons.

ISDS addresses the critical gap of skilled manpower in textile industry through industry-oriented training programmes.

It is implemented through three components where major thrust is given to PPP mode where a forged partnership has been developed with the industry in establishing a demand driven skilling ecosystem.

Under the scheme, so far a total of 10.84 lakh people have been provided skilling, out of which 10.12 lakh have been assessed and 8.05 lakh have been placed.

The scheme has been largely aligned with the common norms of Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship. Fii-news.com