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Several new initiatives have been undertaken by the Government of India under the leadership of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, to make development participative and inclusive, in line with the core governance philosophy of ‘Sabka Saath Sabka Vikaas’. As part of the above, the Ministry of Textiles, under the leadership of Hon’ble Minister of State for Textiles (I/C), Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar, has initiated several measures for promotion of the textiles industry in general and in assisting the youth, women and disadvantaged segments of the society in particular. A sector-wise overview of the same is given below.
Handicrafts Sector
The Government of India has revised handicrafts schemes and formulated a new strategy, which has four broad components:
1. Infrastructure development, such as a Common Facility Centre in every cluster.
2. Development of design and training.
3. Direct assistance to artisans, such as online assistance through their bank accounts
4. Linking up with market with participation of private sector
Various initiatives have been taken by the Ministry of Textiles for promotion and development of handicrafts sector, in line with the above strategy.
Handlooms Sector
A number of steps have been taken by the Government for revival of handloom sector, giving particular stress on increasing the earning of handloom weavers, which would in turn attract the younger generation to this profession. These steps have been taken in light of the new strategy for revival of handlooms; the major pillars of the new strategy are the following:
Following are the major interventions taken in light of the above.
Powerloom Sector
Silk Sector
Cotton Sector
Wool Sector
During financial year 2014-15, the Central Wool Development Board, Jodhpur (CWDB) has implemented different schemes for development of Wool Sector and scheme-wise following achievements were made:
Jute Sector
To safeguard interests of producers and manufacturers of jute and jute products estimated at about 4.35 million families, the Government in January 2015, approved orders for mandatory packaging of food grains in jute bags and subsidy to Jute Corporation of India to support MSP operations in jute. The validity of the order was later extended up to 31.12.2015.
Minimum Support Price (MSP) for raw jute and mesta is fixed every year to encourage farmers to grow more jute. It has been fixed at Rs.2700 per quintal for 2015-16, marking an increase of 12.5% over 2014-15. The Jute Corporation of India is supported by the Government with a subsidy of Rs.204 crore for meeting the operational expenditure for four years starting 2014-15, in preparedness for Minimum Support Price (MSP) operations at the start of every year.
The Ministry is in constant touch with various stakeholders, including consumers and state Governments, for promoting more usage of value-added diversified products, development of higher technology products and to expedite the use of assets with state-owned jute mills. Multiple review meetings were held by the Union Textiles Minister with various stakeholders in this regard.
Jute Common Facility Centres: Jute Common Facility Centres (CFCs) scheme has been launched on 1.9.2015 for providing avenues for value addition, production, quality assurance through construction facility, direct support to members, integrated design, product development, training and market development etc. Five Common Facility Centre (CFC) are sanctioned at the five locations in West Bengal (3), Assam (1) and Bihar (1) in major jute growing district. An amount of Rs.10 crore has been allocated for 2015-16.
Jute Geotextiles:- For promotion of large scale use of Jute Geotextiles for control of erosion, road construction, river embankments and in slope stabilization, major Government Departments and State Governments are advised to promote use of jute as geo-textiles. Special scheme for promotion of Geo-Textiles has been launched in the North Eastern States on 24.3.2015 with an outlay of Rs.427 crores.
Asset Utilisation and Revival of Jute Mills of NJMC: The National Jute Manufacturers Corporation Limited (NJMC) was formed in 1980 by the nationalization and amalgamation of the following six jute undertakings:National Company Limited—Sankrail, Alexandra Jute Mills Limited—Jagaddal, Union Jute Company Limited—Sealdah,Khardah Company Limited—Titagarh,The Kinnison Jute Mills Company Ltd—Titagarh andRBHM Jute Mills Pvt., Limited—Katihar, Bihar. In view of continuous cash loss and complete erosion of net worth, NJMC was declared sick by the Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction (BIFR). The proposal for the revival of NJMC was approved by the Cabinet with the directions to close three mills (National, Alexandra & Union in West Bengal), and to monetise the closed mills through sale of assets. However, as the sale of asset without converting the land use from factory/ industry to residential/commercial use, would not give adequate returns, a Transaction Advisor (Price Waterhouse Coopers Ltd.) was appointed to explore various options for monetisation. Based on the draft report of PWC, it is proposed to develop a garment park at Union mill, on the lines of Paridhaan Garment Park set up by WBIDC and also for setting up Integrated Textile Parks with developed industrial sheds at the Alexandra and National mills, through a joint venture with NBCC or another PSU. This initiative will help in expanding textile industry and also serve to generate employment, apart from monetisation of the assets.
A three-pronged strategy has been formulated by the Government to address the price rise of raw jute.:
Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme (TUFS)
Scheme for Integrated Textile Parks
Integrated Processing Development Scheme (IPDS)
The Ministry targets to sanction 10-15 green field and brown field projects during 2015-16 depending upon the availability of budget. States like Tamil Nadu, Punjab, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Gujarat where many existing processing units are facing closure due to court orders may be requested to expedite the proposals, along with their commitment to share 25% of the project cost and also to ensure that the proposal is approved by the State PCBs or IITs for effectiveness of the proposed technological intervention.
Technical Research Associations (TRAs) under Ministry of Textiles have been requested to give specific attention to R&D projects for developing cost effective processing techniques to minimise water consumption and effluent generation while formulating their revised plan for the current year 2015-16 and subsequent years. They have also been asked to adopt 2-3 industrial units for pilot study of their Research project on Pollution Control in collaboration with IIT Delhi, IIT Madras and IIT Bombay.
Integrated Skill Development Scheme (ISDS)
To mark the occasion of Good Governance Day, on 25thDecember, 2014, the ISDS has been scaled up during the 12thPlan with an allocation of Rs. 1,900 crore to train 15 lakh persons. To meet the needs of the industry for a skilled workforce and thereby support its competitiveness, the Ministry has trained 3.75 lakh youth in textile trades, particularly in the rapidly growing garmenting segment of the industry. The major achievements during the last year are the following:
Industry oriented Training programmes:
During 2014-‘15, Tamil Nadu, Manipur, Mizoram, Odisha, West Bengal, Tripura, Haryana, Goa, Telangana, Karnataka, Gujarat, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh have been sanctioned projects under ISDS. During 2015-‘16, Punjab has been sanctioned project under ISDS.A National Workshop on Integrated Skill Development Scheme was held by the Ministry, in August 2015, to share best practices, gather feedback and improve the implementation of the scheme.
North Eastern Region Textiles Promotion Scheme (NERTPS)
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