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What is the News?
The Minister for Textiles has informed Lok Sabha about the important schemes launched by the Government in the textile sector.
About Textile Industry
The Textile industry is one of the largest source of employment generation in the country with an estimated 45 million people directly engaged in this sector including a large number of women and rural population.
Some of the important schemes launched in the textile sector are
Scheme for Capacity Building in Textile Sector (SAMARTH)
Amended Technology Up-gradation Fund Scheme (ATUFS)
National Technical Textile Mission
Production Linked Incentive(PLI) Scheme for Textiles
Scheme for Integrated Textile Parks (SITP)
Integrated Processing Development Scheme (IPDS)
Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Textiles
Purpose: To facilitate the textile industry to meet the required environmental standards and to support new Common Effluent Treatment Plants (CETP)/ upgradation of CEPTs in existing processing clusters as well as new processing parks especially in the Coastal Zones.
Special Package for Textile and Apparel sector: Rs. 6000 crore package was launched in June 2016 to boost employment and export potential in the apparel and made up segments.
Source: This post is based on an article “Schemes launched by the Government in Textile sector for employment generation” published in PIB on 23rd March 2022
