AMN / NEW DELHI
Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs Wednesday gave approval for a new skill development scheme covering the entire value chain of the textile sector excluding spinning and weaving.
The Scheme for Capacity Building in Textile Sector, SCBTS will have an outlay of 1300 crore rupees upto 2019-20. The scheme will have National Skill Qualification Framework compliant training courses with funding norms as per the Common Norms notified by Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.
The objectives of the scheme is to provide demand driven, placement oriented skilling programme to incentivize the efforts of the industry in creating jobs in the organized textile and related sectors.