Recently, a meeting of stakeholders on Samarth Scheme under Skill India Mission was held in New Delhi to familiarize the stakeholders with Samarth scheme and its guidelines.
Samarth is a Scheme for Capacity Building of stakeholders in Textile Sector.
The meeting was chaired by Union Minister of Textiles Smriti Irani.
It is a scheme of Ministry of Textiles, approved by Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) in December 2017.
Its broad objective is to skill development training to the youths for gainful and sustainable employment in textile sector covering entire value chain of textiles, excluding spinning and weaving.