Ministry of Textiles Government Schemes

Scheme

Project SURE(Sustainable Resolution)

• Setting a safe course for the fashion industry in India

• SURE stands for ‘Sustainable Resolution’ – a firm commitment from the industry to move towards fashion that contributes to a clean environment.
• Union Textiles Ministry, along with the Clothing Manufacturers Association of India (CMAI); United Nations in India; and IMG Reliance launched the project
• It will be the 1^st  holistic effort by the apparel industry towards gradually introducing a framework for establishing critical sustainability goals for the industry.

SCHEME FOR INTEGRATED TEXTILE PARK (SITP)

• Providing financial support to a community of entrepreneurs to develop state-of-the-art infrastructure facilities within a cluster

• The scheme targets high growth potential industrial clusters and locations which require strategic interventions to support the creation of world-class infrastructure.

SILK SAMAGRA: INTEGRATED SCHEME FOR DEVELOPMENT OF SILK INDUSTRY

• Enhancing silk productivity and quality through R&D interventions.
• To empower downtrodden, poor & backward tribal families including women through various sericulture activities in the country.

• Central Sector Scheme.
• The scheme has four parts
  • Research and development, Training, Technology transfer and IT Initiatives.
  • Quality certification system
  • Seed organization and farmer extension centres
  • Coordination for seed, yarn and silk products
• The implementation strategy is State-based alignment with the schemes of other ministers, such as Rural Development MGNREGS, Agriculture Ministry RKVY & PMKSY, to optimize benefits.
• Various organisations like IITs, CSIR, IISc and international research institutes on Sericulture in Japan, China, Bulgaria etc. will collaborate in R&D
• Implementing Agency: Ministry of Textile through Central Silk Board (CSB).

AMENDED TECHNOLOGY UPGRADATION FUND SCHEME (ATUFS)

• Promoting Business Facility in the country and also promoting exports by Make in India and Zero Impact and Zero Defect in manufacturing.

• It is a credit-linked Central Sector Scheme.
• A one-time capital subsidy for qualifying benchmarked machinery is given at a rate of 15 percent for segments of garments and technical textiles with a cap of Rs. 30 crores and at a rate of 10 percent for segments of weaving, manufacturing, jute, silk, and handloom with a cap of Rs. 20 crores.
• The subsidy is given to the units/entities by nodal financial institutions and not through the state government

POWERTEX INDIA SCHEME

• To boost infrastructure and modernisation of the power loom sector.

• Provide financial assistance to economically weaker low-end power loom units for their modernisation and Infrastructure development.
• It has nine major components like In-situ Upgradation of Plain Powerlooms, Group Workshed Scheme, Yarn Bank Scheme,  Tex Venture Capital Fund, Common Facility Centre (CFC), etc.

SCHEME FOR CAPACITY BUILDING IN TEXTILE SECTOR (SAMARTH)

• To provide a demand-driven, placement oriented skilling programme to incentivize 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 the Ministry of Textile;
• To provide a livelihood to all sections of the society across the country.

• It covers the entire value chain of the textile sector except for Spinning and Weaving in organized Sector.
• A skill development scheme covering the entire textile value chain, excluding spinning & weaving in the organized sector, to be introduced between 2017-18 and 2019-20 Skill deficiencies and skills needs will be evaluated, and skills will be imparted accordingly.
• Include demand-driven, placement-oriented NSQF (National Skills Qualification Framework) Compliant skills program.
• Mandatory Post Placement tracking.
• For self-employment, concessional credit will be provided to beneficiaries under Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana.