The Samarth Scheme intends to provide skill development and placement oriented training across the entire textiles value chain, excluding spinning and weaving in the organised sector.
The Government of India had introduced the Group Insurance Scheme for Powerloom Weavers from 1st July, 2003 which is a combination of Janshree Bima Yojana (JBY) and Add-on Group Insurance Scheme (AGIS)? The Scheme was revised w.e.f. 1st January, 2008 and the revised Scheme was known as Group Insurance Scheme for Powerloom Weavers. This Scheme is implemented in collaboration with the Life Insurance Corporation of India.
The "Scheme for Group Workshed" for Powerloom sector is formulated by suitably modifying the existing Group Workshed Scheme for decentralized powerloom sector to organize powerloom units in a cluster and to provide improved working condition in terms of more Space, work environment, improves the work efficiency to enhance their competitiveness in the global market.