SAMARTH is a flagship skill development scheme of which one of the following Ministries?
- (a)Ministry of Textiles
- (b)Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
- (c)Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
- (d)Ministry of Human Resource Development
Correct — A, Ministry of Textiles. SAMARTH is the Scheme for Capacity Building in Textile Sector, the Ministry of Textiles' flagship skilling programme. It is a demand-driven, placement-oriented scheme that trains workers across the textile value chain — spinning, weaving, knitting, garmenting and technical textiles — as well as traditional segments like handloom, handicrafts, sericulture and jute. The words 'Textile Sector' in the scheme's full form pin it to the Ministry of Textiles.
- (b)Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare — SAMARTH is a textile-sector skilling scheme, not an agriculture programme; farm-related skilling runs under different initiatives.
- (c)Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship — This ministry runs the umbrella Skill India mission (including PMKVY), but SAMARTH is a sector-specific scheme owned by the Ministry of Textiles.
- (d)Ministry of Human Resource Development — The then Ministry of Human Resource Development handled school and higher education, not the textile-sector skilling that SAMARTH delivers.
SAMARTH (Scheme for Capacity Building in Textile Sector) is the Ministry of Textiles' skilling scheme. It funds demand-driven, placement-linked training so that the labour-intensive textile industry gets skilled manpower, covering both the organised chain and traditional segments such as handloom, handicrafts and sericulture.
All four options are real ministries, so the item tests whether you know the scheme's home ministry. Read the full form — 'Capacity Building in Textile Sector' — and it points straight to the Ministry of Textiles rather than the general skilling ministry.
- SAMARTH stands for Scheme for Capacity Building in Textile Sector.
- It is implemented by the Ministry of Textiles, Government of India.
- It is a demand-driven, placement-oriented skilling scheme across the textile value chain.
- It also covers traditional segments such as handloom, handicrafts, sericulture and jute.
- Choosing the Ministry of Skill Development just because the scheme is about skilling — SAMARTH is sector-specific to Textiles.
- Confusing SAMARTH with other similarly named government portals or schemes.
Scheme-to-ministry matching, or 'SAMARTH is associated with which sector/ministry'.
No directly related past PYQ was found.
- practice — not a real PYQ
The full form of the skilling scheme SAMARTH is
- (a)Skilled Manpower for Rural Textiles
- (b)Scheme for Capacity Building in Textile Sector
- (c)Scheme for Advancement of Manufacturing and Rural Trade
- (d)Scheme for Apparel Manufacture and Retail Training in Handicrafts
Answer(b) Scheme for Capacity Building in Textile Sector — run by the Ministry of Textiles.
- practice — not a real PYQ
The SAMARTH scheme is implemented by which Union Ministry?
- (a)Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
- (b)Ministry of Textiles
- (c)Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
- (d)Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
Answer(b) Ministry of Textiles — SAMARTH is its sector-specific skilling scheme.