support in terms of Science & Technology under this Mission.
It is in line with the 5 F principle and will enhance income of the farmers and add continued supply of quality cotton.
This program will stabilise the availability of raw materials in the country as well as improve the competitiveness of the Indian textile industry globally as it enhances the productivity within the country.
Two additional categories of shuttles-less looms to the category of full exemption textile machinery was included to facilitate the production in the country of products of technicaltextiles in the form of Agro-textiles, medical textiles and geo textiles in areas of low cost and competitively.
In the Budget the Ministry of Textiles was allocated an outlay of Rs 5272 crores (Budget Estimates) in 2025-26.
Lengthening of Skill India mission 2025
- The Union Cabinet granted the extension and restructuring of the Central Sector Scheme, Skill India Programme(SIP), up till 2026.
- These three main components which were earlier merged into the composite Central Sector Scheme are now merged together into the scheme of Skill India Programme.
- Prime Minister Kaushal Vikas Yojana 4.0 (PMKVY 4.0)
- Pradhan Mantri National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (PM-NAPS)
- Jan Shikshan Sansthan (JSS) Scheme
- The PMKVY 4.0 scheme enables the NSQF aligned skill development training included in the Short-Term Training (STT) with the Special Projects (SP) as well as the reskilling and upskilling.
- JSS scheme constitutes a skilling scheme based within the community.
- It is expected to make the vocational training convenient, adaptable and inclusive especially to women, rural youngsters and financially weaker sections, and is oriented to the age-group of 15 -45 years of age.
Swavalambini program
- Swavalambini, in Assam, Meghalaya and Mizoram was launched by Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE), in partnership with NITI Aayog.
- It was a Women Entrepreneurship Program targeting to give power to female students in some Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in the northeast
- It will provide them the necessary entrepreneurial mind-set, resources as also the mentorship that would enable them to succeed in their entrepreneurial endeavor.
New Agri-Tech Programmes 2025
- The government has declared at least nine new missions or programmes that address exclusively the Agri sector.
- However, the total allocation in the Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare was reduced by 2.5 per cent.
- That is why convergence of the existing schemes will be used to implement the Prime Minister Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana with states.
- It will be used in 100 districts that
Month: Current Affairs - September 07, 2025
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