Finance

India signs $200m loan for expanding urban services in Rajasthan

The Government of India and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) today signed a $200 million loan as additional financing for the ongoing Rajasthan Secondary Towns Development Sector Project to expand water supply and sanitation systems and enhance urban resilience and heritage living in selected towns. […]

Business

NavaTies Solutions & DP World signs MoU to Enhance Trade Between India & Global Markets

NavaTies Solutions Private Limited, a Bengaluru-based company at the forefront of the International Trade Platform, www.navaties.com, has officially entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with DP World, a renowned Dubai-based international logistics firm, to fortify trade and logistics links between India and the global business landscape. […]

Tourism

Ministry of Tourism to Develop Cruise Tourism in Country

Ministry of Tourism, as part of its ongoing activities, releases global print, electronic and online media campaigns in important, and potential markets overseas, under the ‘Incredible India’ brand-line, to promote various tourism destinations and products of the country. […]

World

Ministry of Textiles’ umbrella skilling “Samarth-Scheme”

Ministry of Textiles had implemented the umbrella skilling scheme of Integrated Skill Development Scheme (ISDS) during 2010-2018 for skill development and capacity building of workers across textile value chain. In further continuation, the revamped skilling scheme of Samarth-Scheme for Capacity Building in Textile Sector (SCBTS) was launched in 2017-18. Samarth provides demand driven, placement oriented National Skill Qualification Framework (NSQF) compliant skilling programme to 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, which have been converged under Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) of M/o Skill Development & Entrepreneurship. Samarth Scheme has been extended upto March, 2024. State/UT-wise details of training centres operating in the country under Samarth scheme are given in Annexure-I.

ISDS was operational upto 2017-18. The details of number of beneficiaries under Samarth during the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise including Tamil Nadu are given in Annexure-II.

Ministry of Textiles is implementing Samarth Scheme on Pan India basis, including small cities. Ministry of Textiles has been implementing various schemes viz, Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme, Pradhan Mantri Mega Integrated Textile Region and Apparel (PM MITRA), Amended Technology Upgradation Scheme (ATuFS), Silk Samagra, National Handloom Development Programme, National Handicraft Development Programme, Integrated Wool Development Programme (IWDP), National Technical Textile Mission (NTTM), Scheme for Integrated Textile Parks (SITP) etc. catering exclusively for development of textile sector in the country.

Annexure-I

Details of textiles training centres operating in the country under Samarth scheme, State/UT-wise:

(as on 20.07.2023)

S. No.

State/ UT

Number of training centres

1

Andaman and Nicobar

1

2

Andhra Pradesh

40

3

Arunachal Pradesh

4

4

Assam

106

5

Bihar

35

6

Chandigarh

1

7

Chhattisgarh

16

8

Delhi

24

9

Goa

2

10

Gujarat

43

11

Haryana

43

12

Himachal Pradesh

5

13

Jammu and Kashmir

24

14

Jharkhand

19

15

Karnataka

435

16

Kerala

7

17

Madhya Pradesh

41

18

Maharashtra

42

19

Manipur

3

20

Meghalaya

4

21

Mizoram

3

22

Nagaland

13

23

Odisha

32

24

Puducherry

3

25

Punjab

6

26

Rajasthan

46

27

Sikkim

2

28

Tamil Nadu

504

29

Telangana

45

30

The Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu

7

31

Tripura

13

32

Uttar Pradesh

284

33

Uttarakhand

7

34

West Bengal

20

Total

1,880

Annexure-II

Details of beneficiaries under Samarth Scheme during the last three years and current year, state/UT wise including Tamil Nadu:

S. No.

State/ UT

Number of beneficiaries trained during last 3 years & current year

1

Andaman and Nicobar

66

2

Andhra Pradesh

5,011

3

Arunachal Pradesh

57

4

Assam

5,641

5

Bihar

3,615

6

Chandigarh

87

7

Chhattisgarh

1,837

8

Delhi

3,187

9

Goa

55

10

Gujarat

6,781

11

Haryana

9,512

12

Himachal Pradesh

287

13

Jammu and Kashmir

1,711

14

Jharkhand

1,510

15

Karnataka

40,348

16

Kerala

1,500

17

Madhya Pradesh

3,691

18

Maharashtra

7,431

19

Manipur

1,077

20

Meghalaya

110

21

Mizoram

448

22

Nagaland

810

23

Odisha

4,984

24

Puducherry

304

25

Punjab

661

26

Rajasthan

7,457

27

Sikkim

66

28

Tamil Nadu

41,742

29

Telangana

5,476

30

The Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu

1,522

31

Tripura

1,072

32

Uttar Pradesh

23,786

33

Uttarakhand

485

34

West Bengal

1,517

Total

1,83,844

(as on 20.07.2023)

This information was given by the Minister of State for Ministry of Textiles, Smt. Darshana Jardosh in a written reply today in the Lok Sabha. […]

Foreign Relations

8th India-Australia Defence Policy Talks held in Canberra

The 8th India-Australia Defence Policy Talks (DPT) was held at Canberra in Australia on 24-25 July 2023. The Defence policy talks were co-chaired by Special Secretary in the Ministry of Defence Smt. Nivedita Shukla Verma, and Acting Deputy Secretary in Department of Defence, Australia Mr Steven Moore. […]

Agriculture & Commodities

Production of Pulses and Vegetable Oils

The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has assessed the impact of pulses cultivation in different agro-ecologies with respect to soil health, soil microbial biomass, resilience to climate change etc. […]

Foreign Relations

PM addresses G20 Energy Ministers’ Meet

Welcoming the dignitaries to India, the Prime Minister said that any discussion about the future, sustainability, growth and development is incomplete without mentioning energy as it impacts the development of individuals and nations at all levels. […]

Foreign Relations

Ms Namgya C. Khampa accredited as next Ambassador of India to Somalia

Ms Namgya C. Khampa (IFS: 2000), presently High Commissioner of India to the Republic of Kenya, has been concurrently accredited as the next Ambassador of India to the Federal Republic of Somalia, with residence in Nairobi.Ms Namgya C. Khampa (IFS: 2000), presently High Commissioner of India to the Republic of Kenya, has been concurrently accredited as the next Ambassador of India to the Federal Republic of Somalia, with residence in Nairobi. […]

Agriculture & Commodities

Employment Generation in Food Processing Industry

As per evaluation studies carried out for relevant component schemes of Pradhan Mantri Kisan SAMPADA Yojana (PMKSY), substantial direct/indirect employment opportunities have been created in projects supported through its relevant component schemes. […]

General

Coal Production Records 223.36m tonnes in first quarter of FY

India’s coal sector achieved a remarkable milestone in the first quarter of FY 2023-24, by recording the highest-ever coal production at 223.36 million tonnes (MT), representing a substantial growth of 8.55% compared to the production of 205.76 MT during the same period during FY 2022-23. […]

Foreign Relations

Indo-Japan bilateral cooperation in steel sector

Union Minister of Steel Sh. Jyotiraditya M. Scindia and Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan Mr. NISHIMURA Yasutoshi held a bilateral meeting in New Delhi today to discuss the cooperation in the steel sector and decarbonisation issues. […]

Finance

Customs Exchange Rate Notification No.54/2023

The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs determines the rate of exchange of conversion of each of the foreign currencies into Indian currency or vice versa, with effect from 21st July 2023, for the purpose of importing and exporting goods. […]