The Minister of State for Textiles, Shri E.V.K.S. Elangovan, informed the Rajya Sabha in a written reply to a question by Smt. Supriya Sule that the Government is working on a new plan to meet the demands of over 4 million skilled workers in the textile sector over the next five years.
The Scheme of Neighbourhood Apparel & Textile Training Institutes for Job Assurance (NATIJA) has been formulated for establishing a network of employment-linked training facilities in basic garment manufacturing technology. The Scheme is designed to meet the projected demand of 4 million trained workers required in the garment industry over the next 5 years.
This Scheme is to be operated in 400 centres at regional and sub-regional level across the country on Public Private Partnership (PPP) model - Government of India, Industry Associations and State Government agencies being the partners.
The existing ITIs/ Polytechnics and other such institutes could be considered for locating such centres in the initial phase. Creation of new training centres may be considered subsequently to meet the demand, as and when required.
Regarding time frame for implementation, the Minister further informed that no time frame can be indicated at this stage.
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