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Five centres planned to train workers

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5 lakh rural youth to be trained in apparel sector

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Major initiative: NIFT-TEA Knitwear Fashion Institute in Tirupur will open centres across Tamil Nadu to train poor youth for apparel industry. —

TIRUPUR: IL&FS Cluster Development Initiative (IL&FS CDI) has embarked on a massive programme to train five lakh unemployed poor youth from rural parts of the country by partnering with technical institutions across the country and funding from the Union Rural Development Ministry, G. Somasundaram, regional manager, South India, IL&FS CDI, has said.

Skilled labour

The programme would address shortage of skilled manpower in the apparel industry, Mr. Somasundaram said.

The objective of this ambitious programme was to train five lakh youth who were below the poverty line, in the next five years in different categories of shop floor level workers.

IL&FS will provide machinery, technical know-how and training to the trainers under this project. The District Rural Development Agency would identify candidates.

Tirupur-based NIFT-TEA Knitwear Fashion Institute has signed a memorandum of understanding with IL&FS CDI to be the training partners and to establish five centres across Tamil Nadu.

According to M. Madhavan, Registrar of NIFT-TEA Institute, the institute had already established one each at Tirupur and Coimbatore. The three will come up in Chennimalai, Karaikkudi and Sivaganga.

No fees

There will be no fee for the one-month course for sewing machine operators. The three-month course has been altered into a one-month course with the help of multi-media equipment.

The productivity-linked training programme would help garment factories to improve productivity, Mr. Madhavan said. Tirupur Exporters’ Association has come forward to absorb as many as one lakh trainees in a year.

A total of 100 youth between the age group of 18 and 35 will be trained every year.

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