SAMARTH Scheme (Scheme for Capacity Building in Textiles Sector) of Ministry of Textiles provides demand driven, placement-oriented skilling programmes to supplement the efforts of the industry in creating jobs in the organized textile and related sectors, covering the entire value chain of textiles, excluding Spinning and Weaving in organized sector, on pan India basis. Under the Scheme, a total of 5.26 lakh beneficiaries which include 4,67,596 women, 1,44,708 SCs and 68,621 STs beneficiaries have been trained (pass) since (FY 2021-22) till 11.12.2025. State/UTs-wise, Sector-wise and Year-wise number of beneficiaries passed which include women, SCs, STs as on 11.12.2025 under SAMARTH Scheme are given below.
State/UTs-wise number of beneficiaries placed under SAMARTH Scheme (which include both organized and traditional sector) (as on 11.12.2025) is given below.
The Ministry of Textiles has taken several steps to ensure that the training under SAMARTH Scheme is aligned with the current requirements of the textile sector.
- All training courses are aligned with National Skill Qualifications Framework (NSQF) and these courses are periodically reviewed and updated every 3 years in consultation with industry stakeholders.
- Periodic reviews and feedback are obtained from industry partners and stakeholders on the content and effectiveness of training modules, ensuring their relevance and continuous improvement.
The details of beneficiaries passed (as on 11.12.2025) under SAMARTH Scheme in the State/UTs-wise and Year-wise are given hereunder:
| Sr No. | State/UT | Sector | No of beneficiaries Trained (pass) | ||||
| 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 | |||
| 1 | ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR | Handicrafts & Carpet | 21 | 20 | 47 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | ANDHRA PRADESH | Garment | 1,123 | 1,212 | 2,377 | 2,171 | 2,913 |
| Handicrafts & Carpet | 308 | 241 | 55 | 60 | 29 | ||
| Silk | 0 | 0 | 57 | 99 | 299 | ||
| Textiles & Handloom | 733 | 182 | 346 | 156 | 73 | ||
| 3 | ARUNACHAL PRADESH | Handicrafts & Carpet | 0 | 57 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| Silk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | ||
| 4 | ASSAM | Garment | 20 | 0 | 159 | 0 | 20 |
| Handicrafts & Carpet | 82 | 0 | 58 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Silk | 63 | 27 | 493 | 520 | 1,532 | ||
| Textiles & Handloom | 1,279 | 2,615 | 2,441 | 2,522 | 1,973 | ||
| 5 | BIHAR | Garment | 276 | 1,002 | 3,805 | 1,211 | 6,826 |
| Handicrafts & Carpet | 190 | 336 | 584 | 2,036 | 1,401 | ||
| Silk | 0 | 55 | 381 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Textiles & Handloom | 203 | 159 | 473 | 93 | 76 | ||
| 6 | CHANDIGARH | Handicrafts & Carpet | 58 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | CHHATTISGARH | Garment | 324 | 351 | 395 | 337 | 363 |
| Handicrafts & Carpet | 53 | 100 | 23 | 0 | 23 | ||
| Silk | 72 | 49 | 215 | 111 | 68 | ||
| Textiles & Handloom | 363 | 72 | 295 | 194 | 458 | ||
| 8 | DELHI | Garment | 758 | 1,042 | 2,110 | 1,827 | 2,309 |
| Handicrafts & Carpet | 146 | 282 | 27 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Textiles & Handloom | 107 | 166 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9 | GOA | Handicrafts & Carpet | 29 | 0 | 54 | 23 | 0 |
| 10 | GUJARAT | Garment | 2,002 | 1,600 | 2,337 | 2,227 | 2,795 |
| Handicrafts & Carpet | 209 | 258 | 108 | 29 | 0 | ||
| Jute | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Processing | 299 | 146 | 150 | 23 | 16 | ||
| Silk | 0 | 291 | 105 | 125 | 59 | ||
| Textiles & Handloom | 496 | 93 | 262 | 210 | 88 | ||
| 11 | HARYANA | Garment | 3,250 | 3,937 | 5,446 | 6,395 | 7,591 |
| Handicrafts & Carpet | 55 | 55 | 59 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Textiles & Handloom | 68 | 0 | 117 | 95 | 50 | ||
| 12 | HIMACHAL PRADESH | Garment | 0 | 0 | 177 | 339 | 120 |
| Handicrafts & Carpet | 0 | 175 | 29 | 0 | 31 | ||
| Processing | 60 | 81 | 28 | 0 | |||
| Silk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160 | ||
| Textiles & Handloom | 0 | 0 | 204 | 117 | 65 | ||
| 13 | JAMMU AND KASHMIR | Garment | 0 | 12 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| Handicrafts & Carpet | 296 | 689 | 135 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Silk | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Textiles & Handloom | 460 | 124 | 190 | 252 | 157 | ||
| 14 | JHARKHAND | Garment | 226 | 284 | 491 | 745 | 229 |
| Handicrafts & Carpet | 153 | 180 | 57 | 20 | 42 | ||
| Silk | 0 | 0 | 102 | 81 | 140 | ||
| Textiles & Handloom | 155 | 93 | 426 | 131 | 64 | ||
| 15 | KARNATAKA | Garment | 8,037 | 18,907 | 35,439 | 18,850 | 28,830 |
| Handicrafts & Carpet | 564 | 620 | 822 | 728 | 829 | ||
| Processing | 0 | 47 | 25 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Silk | 0 | 309 | 1,124 | 168 | 179 | ||
| Textiles & Handloom | 617 | 84 | 291 | 181 | 225 | ||
| 16 | KERALA | Garment | 0 | 19 | 67 | 14 | 14 |
| Handicrafts & Carpet | 201 | 168 | 55 | 50 | 40 | ||
| Textiles & Handloom | 557 | 447 | 467 | 155 | 132 | ||
| 17 | LADAKH | Handicrafts & Carpet | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MADHYA PRADESH | Garment | 564 | 948 | 3,008 | 5,856 | 6,085 |
| Handicrafts & Carpet | 283 | 311 | 76 | 0 | 89 | ||
| Processing | 0 | 82 | 18 | 50 | 230 | ||
| Textiles & Handloom | 502 | 199 | 390 | 209 | 181 | ||
| 19 | MAHARASHTRA | Garment | 1,912 | 2,101 | 2,697 | 2,989 | 2,732 |
| Handicrafts & Carpet | 492 | 484 | 103 | 75 | 22 | ||
| Silk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 137 | ||
| Technical Textiles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74 | ||
| Textiles & Handloom | 615 | 250 | 525 | 391 | 362 | ||
| 20 | MANIPUR | Garment | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 140 |
| Handicrafts & Carpet | 57 | 50 | 27 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Textiles & Handloom | 620 | 188 | 198 | 208 | 110 | ||
| 21 | MEGHALAYA | Handicrafts & Carpet | 86 | 24 | 29 | 49 | 26 |
| Silk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | ||
| 22 | MIZORAM | Handicrafts & Carpet | 59 | 30 | 39 | 0 | 0 |
| Textiles & Handloom | 194 | 28 | 260 | 227 | 178 | ||
| 23 | NAGALAND | Garment | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Handicrafts & Carpet | 0 | 26 | 29 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Silk | 19 | 83 | 39 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Textiles & Handloom | 125 | 446 | 239 | 159 | 176 | ||
| 24 | ODISHA | Garment | 464 | 2,275 | 2,442 | 508 | 297 |
| Handicrafts & Carpet | 83 | 81 | 79 | 29 | 48 | ||
| Silk | 0 | 30 | 226 | 279 | 214 | ||
| Textiles & Handloom | 293 | 372 | 349 | 455 | 163 | ||
| 25 | PUDUCHERRY | Garment | 0 | 48 | 57 | 24 | 138 |
| Handicrafts & Carpet | 145 | 56 | 30 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 26 | PUNJAB | Garment | 232 | 154 | 77 | 188 | 206 |
| Handicrafts & Carpet | 28 | 29 | 27 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Textiles & Handloom | 69 | 55 | 40 | 16 | 42 | ||
| 27 | RAJASTHAN | Garment | 278 | 2,495 | 7,139 | 8,195 | 8,730 |
| Handicrafts & Carpet | 202 | 481 | 81 | 16 | 426 | ||
| Knitting | 134 | 135 | 192 | 102 | 266 | ||
| Processing | 726 | 502 | 672 | 548 | 450 | ||
| Textiles & Handloom | 147 | 183 | 165 | 144 | 138 | ||
| 28 | SIKKIM | Handicrafts & Carpet | 44 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | TAMIL NADU | Garment | 11,010 | 16,767 | 23,921 | 11,987 | 20,892 |
| Handicrafts & Carpet | 501 | 1,348 | 2,113 | 1,088 | 1,423 | ||
| Knitting | 0 | 8 | 0 | 21 | 25 | ||
| Processing | 30 | 77 | 62 | 53 | 5 | ||
| Silk | 0 | 19 | 312 | 936 | 286 | ||
| Textiles & Handloom | 866 | 359 | 856 | 498 | 513 | ||
| 30 | TELANGANA | Garment | 1,163 | 1,964 | 1,833 | 1,181 | 2,763 |
| Handicrafts & Carpet | 98 | 97 | 398 | 116 | 0 | ||
| Silk | 0 | 22 | 260 | 51 | 136 | ||
| Textiles & Handloom | 916 | 196 | 584 | 179 | 129 | ||
| 31 | THE DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI AND DAMAN AND DIU | Garment | 608 | 499 | 620 | 305 | 178 |
| 32 | TRIPURA | Garment | 0 | 15 | 114 | 43 | 26 |
| Handicrafts & Carpet | 77 | 187 | 152 | 40 | 56 | ||
| Textiles & Handloom | 339 | 232 | 165 | 128 | 117 | ||
| 33 | UTTAR PRADESH | Garment | 3,536 | 6,833 | 10,475 | 12,461 | 22,069 |
| Handicrafts & Carpet | 1,906 | 3,702 | 6,433 | 11,093 | 18,625 | ||
| Jute | 0 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Silk | 0 | 40 | 744 | 234 | 608 | ||
| Textiles & Handloom | 2,039 | 382 | 895 | 308 | 178 | ||
| 34 | UTTARAKHAND | Garment | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80 |
| Handicrafts & Carpet | 135 | 103 | 56 | 29 | 65 | ||
| Silk | 0 | 0 | 45 | 18 | 54 | ||
| Textiles & Handloom | 142 | 25 | 140 | 126 | 41 | ||
| 35 | WEST BENGAL | Garment | 0 | 110 | 189 | 10 | 27 |
| Handicrafts & Carpet | 165 | 147 | 84 | 0 | 29 | ||
| Jute | 252 | 192 | 51 | 20 | 1 | ||
| Silk | 0 | 19 | 43 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Textiles & Handloom | 378 | 66 | 364 | 210 | 142 | ||
The details of beneficiaries placed under SAMARTH Scheme in the State/UTs-wise, in organized sector and unorganized sector are as given as below:
| Sr. No. | State/UT | No. of beneficiaries placed |
| 1 | Andaman and Nicobar | 67 |
| 2 | Andhra Pradesh | 10,338 |
| 3 | Arunachal Pradesh | 30 |
| 4 | Assam | 8,593 |
| 5 | Bihar | 13,216 |
| 6 | Chandigarh | 72 |
| 7 | Chhattisgarh | 3,528 |
| 8 | Delhi | 6,159 |
| 9 | Goa | 83 |
| 10 | Gujarat | 10,990 |
| 11 | Haryana | 20,729 |
| 12 | Himachal Pradesh | 1,111 |
| 13 | Jammu and Kashmir | 1,537 |
| 14 | Jharkhand | 2,681 |
| 15 | Karnataka | 96,000 |
| 16 | Kerala | 2,208 |
| 17 | Ladakh | 26 |
| 18 | Madhya Pradesh | 16,307 |
| 19 | Maharashtra | 12,480 |
| 20 | Manipur | 1,235 |
| 21 | Meghalaya | 186 |
| 22 | Mizoram | 500 |
| 23 | Nagaland | 1,157 |
| 24 | Odisha | 7,534 |
| 25 | Puducherry | 389 |
| 26 | Punjab | 854 |
| 27 | Rajasthan | 24,960 |
| 28 | Tamil Nadu | 83,467 |
| 29 | Telangana | 10,011 |
| 30 | The Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | 2,179 |
| 31 | Tripura | 1,281 |
| 32 | Uttar Pradesh | 76,588 |
| 33 | Uttarakhand | 926 |
| 34 | West Bengal | 1,370 |
This information was provided by THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR TEXTILES PABITRA MARGHERITA in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha.
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