Current context: Under SAMARTH, 16 out of 18 selected states have signed a pact with the Ministry of Textiles.
a. Artisans
b. Textiles
c. Farmers
d. School students
- Arunachal Pradesh, Kerala, Mizoram, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Madhya Pradesh, Tripura, Karnataka,Manipur, Haryana, Meghalaya, Jharkhand and Uttarakhand are the 16 states who have signed the MOUs.
- Odisha and Jammu and Kashmir were also selected but didn’t sign the MOU.
- Through this MOU, 4 lakh workers will be getting skill development opportunity only with exceptions of spinning and weaving.
- After skill development, skilled workers will be provided with a job in Textile industry.
- About three fourth of workers in the textile industry are women and 70 per cent of beneficiaries of the MUDRA loan are women.
- Smriti Irani also suggested states like Jharkhand and Tamil Nadu reconsider their spilling target as their goal seemed a bit low.
- The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs gave its approval for the ‘Samarth’ Scheme for Capacity Building in Textile Sector (SCBTS) from 2017-18 to 2019-20.
- The scheme is to meet the skill requirements of the textiles industry. The scheme aims at skill development of 10 lakh youth up to 2020 with a projected outlay of Rs 1300 crore.
Question:
Q.1 The SAMARTH scheme is associated with which sector?a. Artisans
b. Textiles
c. Farmers
d. School students
