The scheme “Skill Upgradation and Mahila Coir Yojana” is a component of “Coir Vikas Yojana” and the scheme was launched by the Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises, Government of India.
The scheme “Skill Upgradation and Mahila Coir Yojana” is a component of “Coir Vikas Yojana” and the scheme was launched by the Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises, Government of India.
The scheme “Skill Upgradation and Mahila Coir Yojana” is a component of “Coir Vikas Yojana (CVY)” and the scheme was launched by the Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises, Government of India. The Scheme, “Skill Upgradation & Mahila Coir Yojana” consists of two distinct components i.e. (a) Skill Upgradation, (b) Mahila Coir Yojana. The scheme supports the development of the coir industry by conducting programmes such as Entrepreneurship Development Programmes, workshops, seminars, and exposure tours to attract new entrepreneurs. It provides training in spinning, weaving, and manufacturing of value-added coir products to create skilled manpower. Special provisions are made for women under the Mahila Coir Yojana, including training and financial assistance. The scheme offers a 75% subsidy on coir processing equipment and machinery to promote self-employment among rural women artisans.
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Nature of assistance: Coir workers/entrepreneurs will get an awareness of modern technologies developed by the Coir Board. The training programme will help the trainees/ artisans to upgrade their skills in producing coir yarn and other diversified coir products. Management skills can also be acquired by attending EDP programmes to the entrepreneurs to run the Coir units more effectively and efficiently.
> Skill Upgradation:
Entrepreneurship Promotion: Encourages individuals to start coir processing units through EDPs, workshops, seminars, and exposure tours. - Skill Development Training: Provides training in value-added coir products, spinning, and other processes to build skilled manpower. - Monthly Stipend Support: Offers ₹3,000 per month to trainees, with pro-rata payment for shorter training durations. - Trainer Support: Ensures quality training through honorarium up to ₹15,000 per month for trainers. - Operational Cost Assistance: Provides ₹400 per trainee per month to sponsoring agencies for expenses like raw materials, electricity, and other costs. - Technology Awareness: Helps workers and entrepreneurs understand and adopt modern coir processing technologies. - Management Skill Enhancement: Enables entrepreneurs to improve business management and operational efficiency.
> Mahila Coir Yojana (MYC):
Women-Focused Training: Exclusive training programmes for rural women artisans in coir-related activities.- Advanced Skill Development: Training on modern machinery and advanced technology to enhance productivity and quality.- Entrepreneurship Support: Integration with entrepreneurial programmes to help women start their own coir units.- Linkage with PMEGP: Facilitates access to financial assistance for self-employment through PMEGP.- Handholding Support: Provides guidance and assistance by Coir Board officials to avail scheme benefits.- Distribution of Equipment: Supplies motorized ratts and other machinery for spinning, weaving, and production.- Financial Assistance for Units: Supports setting up coir units with project cost up to ₹25,00,000/- under PMEGP.- Employment Generation: Creates sustainable livelihood opportunities for rural women artisans.ce for procurement of machines/equipment may be obtained under the PMEGP scheme for setting up new coir units for which the maximum project cost is up to ₹25,00,000/-.<br>
Step 1: Offline application
• Self Help Groups (SHGs), NGOs registered in the Darpan portal of NITI Aayog, and Government Organizations can apply through the Regional /Sub Regional Office of the Board for organizing training programs at the field level. • Application Forms for the Scheme (Skill Upgradation and Mahila Coir Yojana)
Under the scheme the Board is conducting various programmes like Entrepreneurship Development Programme, Awareness Programme, Workshop, Seminar, Exposure Tour, etc. for attracting more entrepreneurs to start coir processing units. In order to create skilled manpower required for the coir industry, the Board is implementing various training programmes such as training on manufacturing of value added coir products, spinning, weaving and other product diversification process. All these training programmes are also available for women under the Mahila Coir Yojana.
The objective of the scheme is to train personnel, transfer of technology, self-employment to rural woman artisans, inculcating quality consciousness and Skill-Upgradation of Coir workers.
Regional/ Sub-regional offices/ training centres of the Board, Coir Board, Kochi
Self Help Groups (SHGs), NGOs registered in the Darpan Portal of NITI Ayog, and Government Organizations can apply through the Regional /Sub Regional Office of the Board for organizing training programs at the field level.
The Self-help Groups (SHGs), NGOs, and Government Organizations should have adequate infrastructural facilities such as work sheds, power connections, equipment, and raw materials.
Coir workers/entrepreneurs will get an awareness of modern technologies developed by the Coir Board. The training programme will help the trainees/ artisans to upgrade their skills in producing coir yarn and other diversified coir products. Management skills can also be acquired by attending EDP programmes to the entrepreneurs to run the Coir units more effectively and efficiently.
The candidates undergoing these skill development training programmes are given a monthly stipend amounting to [?]3000/- per month and in the case of training programmes of less than one-month duration, the stipend will be disbursed on a pro-rata basis.
The honorarium for the trainer will be limited to [?]15,000/- per month.
An amount of [?]400/- per head per month will be provided as financial assistance to the training sponsoring agency to meet the operational cost of the training for raw material, power charges, other incidentals etc. on submission of a self-certification of Expenditure from the Sponsoring Agency which will be verified and passed by the Regional/Sub Regional Officer for effecting the payment.
The financial assistance for procurement of machines/equipment may be obtained under the PMEGP scheme for setting up new coir units for which the maximum project cost is up to [?]25 lakhs.
Self Help Groups (SHGs), NGOs registered in the Darpan portal of NITI Aayog, and Government Organizations can apply through the Regional /Sub Regional Office of the Board for organizing training programs at the field level.
Applications are accepted only on the official government portal.
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