<h1>Leather sector development funding supports modernization, environment management, skill-linked training and cluster infrastructure for industry growth.</h1> The Indian Leather Development Programme establishes a multi-component support framework providing investment grants for modernization and technology upgradation of leather-sector units, artisan cluster support for common facilities and market linkage, placement-linked skill development, expansion of institutional training capacity, assistance for environmental management including Common Effluent Treatment Plant installation/upgrades and pilot projects, and graded infrastructure support through Mega Leather Clusters to enable establishment of modern, trained production units.