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seminars & workshops

EPCH as Training Partner for implementation of SAMARTH Project

initiates training in Bareilly and Saharanpur

Samarth (Scheme for
Capacity Building in Textile Sector)
is a flagship skill development
scheme approved in continuation
to the Integrated Skill
Development Scheme for the
12th FYP, Cabinet Committee of
Economic Affairs. The industry is
facing a shortage of skilled
workers and provides many
opportunities for unemployed
youth in the country who are trained in the sector.
To address the issue, the Central government of India has
launched the Scheme for Capacity Building in the Textile Sector
(SCBTS) and named it the Samarth Scheme. The objectives of the
scheme are to provide demand-driven, placement-oriented
skilling programs to incentivize the efforts of the industry in
creating jobs in the organized textile and related sectors, to
promote skilling and skill up-gradation in the traditional sectors
through respective sectoral divisions/organizations of the
Ministry of Textile, and to provide livelihood to all sections of
society across the country. The Scheme would target to train 10
EPCH is the Training Partner for the implementation of the
lakh persons over a period of 3 years (2017-20) with an estimated
Samarth Project. The approved training numbers in the
budget of 1300 crores and has invited the participation of
handicrafts sector are 3030 persons. EPCH has initiated the
Textiles Industry/Associations registered under Central or State
program and enrolled 330 candidates under the project.
Government/Chambers of Commerce of Central or State
Currently, programs are running in Bareilly and Saharanpur.
Government.

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