New Delhi : The textile and apparel industry is one of the earliest industries developed in India. Its entire value chain from fiber to apparel manufacturing has a strong presence within the country. It is the biggest employer after agriculture. In order to meet the skill gap in the industry and also to supplement its efforts initiated through the Special Package for Garments and Made-ups, the Government has approved the new scheme titled “Scheme for Capacity Building in Textiles Sector ” for the entire value chain of textiles except Spinning and Weaving in the organized sector, for a period of three years from 2017-18 to 2019-20 with an outlay of Rs. 1300 crore. The Scheme for Capacity Building in Textile Sector shall be known by the name “समर्थ (Samarth)”.
The scheme targets to train 10 lakh persons (9 lakh in Organized & 1 lakh in traditional sector).
Objectives
(i) To provide demand driven, placement oriented National Skills Qualifications Framework (NSQF) compliant skilling programmes to incentivize and supplement the efforts of the industry in creating jobs in the organized textile and related sectors, covering the entire value chain of textiles, excluding Spinning and Weaving.
(ii) To promote skilling and skill upgradation in the traditional sectors of handlooms, handicrafts, sericulture and jute.
(iii) To enable provision of sustainable livelihood either by wage or self employment to all sections of the society across the country.
3. Implementing Agencies (IA)
The skilling programmes will be implemented through the following Implementing Agencies:
(i) Textile Industry.
(ii) Institutions/ Organizations of the Ministry of Textiles/ State Governments having training infrastructure and placement tie-ups with the textile industry.
(iii) Reputed training institutions/ NGOs/ Societies/ Trusts/ Organizations/ Companies /Start Ups / Entrepreneurs active in the textile sector having placement tie-ups with textile industry.
The empanelment of Implementing Agencies will be based on the following parameters:
(i) Organization credentials.
(ii) Past experience of skilling in the textile sector.
(iii) Financial strength.
(iv) Training Infrastructure, particularly in Aspirational Districts notified by the Niti Aayog.
Terms and Conditions
(i) The Ministry intends to empanel Implementing Agencies (refer para 3 above) to undertake training programmes across the entire value chain of textiles including traditional sectors (Handloom, Handicrafts, Jute and Silk) except Spinning & Weaving on the terms and conditions as stipulated in the scheme guidelines which have been issued on 23rd April, 2018.
(ii) Empanelment of the agencies will be provisional and target for training under the scheme will be awarded to the agency subject to the availability of the budget, training capacity and submission of Detailed Project Report (DPR). Empaneling of the agency and subsequent submission of the DPR will not guarantee that Ministry will sanction a project to the empaneled agency.
(iii) Trainees under the scheme will be selected through a transparent and inclusive process. The trainee must be a citizen of India possessing an Aadhaar Card (unless exempted under Aadhaar Act, 2016) with age over 14 years. Preference will be given to the marginalized social groups like women, SC/ST, differently-abled persons, minorities and persons from the BPL category. In addition, the Ministry will operationalize a web and Mobile App based platform where also the interested candidates can indicate their willingness to undergo training.
(iv) 115 Aspirational Districts notified by the Niti Aayog (Annexure-I) will be given preference and the Implementing Agencies will be encouraged to conduct training programmes in these districts
(v) Institutions under the Ministries/Departments of Central Govt. including Ministry of Textiles may submit their proposals with recommendation of their respective administrative Ministry/Department. In case of Institutions under the State Govt., the proposals be submitted with recommendations of respective State Govt. Training targets will be allocated on the basis of physical verification of Training Centres.
(vi) A minimum of 80% attendance is mandatory for a trainee to be eligible for assessment. Mandatory Aadhaar Enabled Biometric Attendance System integrated with centralized MIS will be adopted to ensure real time attendance of the trainers and the trainees.
(vii) Infrastructure for conduct of Training: The IA must possess the training infrastructure as given at Annexure-II.
(viii) Trainer: Each of the training centres will be run by a qualified trainer and support staff. The capacity of the trainers shall be enhanced through a comprehensive Training of Trainers (ToT) Programme. Training of Trainers will be conducted by the RSA and Sector Skill Councils in line with the common norms and guidelines of MSDE.
(ix) Course Content: Only the courses which are aligned with NSQF and approved by the Textiles Committee will be offered to the trainees. The content for each course/programme shall be need-based to meet the highest standards and requirements of the related industry segment, including awareness about labour laws, and will be designed by the Textiles Committee (RSA) in consultation with the industry. Use of multimedia content and other applications of Information Technology (IT) would be encouraged.
(x) Mandatory CCTV recording has to be done of the entire training programme. Recordings have to be kept by Implementing Agencies (IA) for a minimum period of one year.
(xi) Assessment and Certification: Third Party Assessment and Certification will be mandatory for all the eligible trainees. The RSA will specify the assessment protocol and procedure in-line with the Common Norms of the MSDE. Assessment Agencies will be required to ensure video recording of the entire assessment process and record to be kept for one year.
(xii) Placement: There shall be 70% placement of the successful trainees under the scheme. For the courses in the organised sector, all 70% should be in wage employment. However, in case of traditional sector (Handloom, Handicraft, Silk & Jute), atleast 50% should be in wage employment with balance in self-employment, in-line with the Common Norms but if due to some reason, wage employment percentage to that extent is not possible, then, on the request of IA, the Empowered Committee may alter the percentage of wage and self-employment in respect of the trainings imparted in the traditional sector while keeping the total placement to be
(xiii) Post Placement Tracking: Each trainee will be tracked by the IA for a period of one year from the date of certification of training. The IA will be required to upload the details of placement and tracking on MIS every month alongwith the supporting documentary proof.
(xiv) Funding: The scheme assistance will be only towards the cost heads (refer para 7.4.1. of the scheme guidelines) covered under the Common Norms of the MSDE
and agreed to by the Ministry under this scheme. The indicative statement giving component-wise funding of training programmes against the projected outlay of Rs. 1300 crore is given in Annexure-III of the scheme guidelines. Pattern of release of funds is given in para 7.5 of the scheme guidelines.
(xv) Detailed Project Report (DPR): The IA will formulate a Detailed Project Report for the proposed training programme, clearly indicating the training target, the strategy for mobilization of trainees, availability of sufficient trainers, industry linkages for the purpose of placement, training methodology, assessment and certification, training centre(s) and other relevant details as per the Scheme Guidelines. The DPR shall clearly indicate the requirement of funds as per the scheme guidelines. The DPR has to be submitted in the format prescribed by the Ministry
(xvi) The empanelment of agencies will be valid till March, 2020. However, training targets will be given for period of one year which may be further extended depending upon the performance of IA.
(xvii) The agencies empaneled already under any component of Integrated Skill Development Scheme (ISDS) will also be required to apply for empanelment afresh under this RFP.
(xviii) For more details in respect of any point, please refer scheme guidelines issued on rd April, 2018.
Types of Applicant
Should be an entity registered in India (including a firm registered under Indian Partnership Act, 1932 or a Trust registered under the Indian Trust Act, 1882 or a trust act applicable in a State in India or a Society registered under Societies Registration Act, 1860 or a company incorporated under the Companies Act, 1956 or 2013 or a LLP firm registered under The Limited Liability Partnership Act 2008) in existence as such for a period of at least five years.
OR
Should be a Startup in the field of skilling/training/textile related segments etc.: – Based on the definition of startup given by Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion (DIPP), startup for this scheme is defined as follows:-
Startup means an entity, incorporated or registered in India:-
(i) Upto a period of seven years from the date of incorporation/registration or upto ten years in case of Startups in Biotechnology sector.
(ii) As a private limited company or registered as a partnership firm or a limited liability partnership.
(iii) With an annual turnover not exceeding Rs. 25 crore for any of the financial years since incorporation/registration.
(iv) Working toward innovation, development or improvement of products or processes or services, or if it is a scalable business model with a high potential of employment generation or wealth creation.
Provided that an entity formed by splitting up or reconstruction of an existing business shall not be considered a “Startup”
For complete details and Application formats, refer RFP Document ( Click Here )
