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Government of India

Ministry of Textiles

17-December-2012 16:28 IST

The ISDS was launched as a pilot scheme in 2010 for two years to cater to skilled manpower needs of Textile and related segments through skill development training programmes.  The scheme envisages participation of training institutes within the Ministry and private sector as implementing agencies. The scheme has two Components– Component-I for training Institutes within the Ministry and Component II for private sector.  The Government meets 75% of the total cost of the project with balance 25% to be met by the implementing agencies with a provision of enhanced level of government assistance in certain circumstances.  The average cost per trainee to be borne by the Government is limited to Rs. 7300 for Component-I and Rs. 7500 for Component-II.  Under the scheme, funds are not released sector wise or state wise but are released directly to implementing agencies.   Funds released so far to implementing agencies are given below:- 

Of these the funds to the tune of Rs. 63.43 crore have been released for Apparel sector, Rs. 7.57 crore for Jute sector and Rs. 73.00 lakh for Handicrafts sector.  

Under ISDS, the physical targets are computed implementing agency wise to cover beneficiaries Pan India. Statewise targets are not fixed. These implementing agencies establish training centres across different states.  The statewise number of people trained under Component I of ISDS as on October, 2012 is given at Annexure-I.  Statewise details of the employment /placement of the trainees under Component I are given at Annexure-II.

The industry has considered the scheme to be useful.  During the pilot phase, 30 projects with an outlay of Rs. 594.84 crore targeting 5.87 lakh trainees were sanctioned. As on October, 2012, 74094 persons have been trained under the scheme. The scheme has covered 24 states in all the sub-sectors of Textiles and clothing. A dynamic web based management information system (MIS) has been developed to capture the progress and information on the projects being executed under Component-I of the scheme. 

Annexure-I

The state wise number of people trained under the scheme as on Oct. 2012 is given below:-

 Annexure-II

As reported by the Implementing Agencies, the details of placement are as under:-

This information was given by the Minister of Textiles, Shri Anand Sharma in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.

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Government funding share for textile skill training supports public and private implementing agencies, enabling nationwide training and placements. The ISDS is a two component pilot skill development initiative for textiles and related segments implemented by Ministry institutes and private agencies; the government funds 75% of project costs with implementing agencies meeting the balance and specified enhanced assistance, applies per trainee funding caps by component, and releases funds directly to implementing agencies rather than by sector or state.