The Skill Upgradation Training on Handloom Weaving under Samarth Scheme was inaugurated at District Industries Centre office in Tuensang today in the presence of Thungchanbemo Tungoe, ADC Tuensang.

Samarth Scheme is sponsored by the Ministry of Textile, Office of the Development Commissioner (Handloom), Weavers Service Centre, Government of India.

Tungoe encouraged all the trainees to be very serious and attentive in the training sessions.

The training is about the skill up gradation in handloom and will be focusing on the small-scale unorganized handloom related sector, he told the trainees.

The ADC also emphasised on the trainees the importance of the scheme which would upgrade their skills so that the market can recognize their trade and directly boost their trade. He said the scheme would help build their small-scale industries which in turn would allow employment generation and lead towards sustainability.

Naresh Jambulkar, Assistant Director of Weavers Service Centre Dimapur, gave the objective of the Samarth Scheme – the skill upgradation from spinning to the utilization of the handloom to shuttle loom apparatus.

The Samarth scheme will be for 45 days of training which will cover 315 hours. The attendance will be a biometric system monitored from Delhi. 80% of attendance will make a trainee eligible for the certification, stipends and other beneficiaries, he added.

The trainees are assured of Rs 300 per day to compensate wage during the time of training, he said.

Jambulkar also mentioned the Pechaan Card and its importance to the weavers of the district and highlighted the benefits to the cardholders in terms of loans and subsidies.