From Our Correspondent NEW DELHI, MAR. 14
Ministry of Textiles has not conducted any survey on the persons employed in textiles sector and those who have lost their jobs or shifted to other professions for the period 2007-12.
However, a survey conducted by the Labor Bureau under the Ministry of Labor and Employment has observed that the highest increase in employment is observed in the textiles (including apparels) where it has increased by 0.50 lakh compared to the previous quarter (March 2012 quarter), informed Mr. Anand Sharma, Union Minister of Textiles, in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha, here.
The reasons for job losses in textiles sector are closure of textiles mills. Ministry of Textiles implements the Textiles Workers Rehabilitation Funds Scheme (TWRFS) for textiles workers who have lost their jobs due to closure of textiles mills.
The TWRFS scheme has benefitted 12002 workers in 2007-08, 8408 workers in 2008-09, 6658 workers in 2009-10, 2854 workers in 2010-11, 1279 workers in 2011- 12 and 520 workers in 2012- 13 (April-January 2013). The TWRFS scheme continues to be implemented in the 12th Plan period, he informed. (Source: Tecoya Trend)