Under the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) Special Projects, the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) has collaborated with three textile mills associations—Indian Texpreneurs Federation, The Southern Mills Association and Tamil Nadu Mills Association—for skilling of candidates, textiles minister Smriti Irani told the parliament upper house recently.
The successful candidates are employed in partner mills of these associations, she said.Under the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana Special Projects, the National Skill Development Corporation has collaborated with three textile mills associations-Indian Texpreneurs Federation, The Southern Mills Association and Tamil Nadu Mills Association-for skilling of candidates, textiles minister Smriti Irani told the parliament upper house recently.#
More than 9,000 candidates have been trained and 6,000 have been employed, an official press release quoted the minister as saying. In addition to the above skill training conducted by ministry of skill development and entrepreneurship, skill training has been conducted by ministry of textiles in all value chains of the textile sector, she added.
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