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India Gazette
23-05-2025
- Business
- India Gazette
Minister of Textiles Giriraj Singh interacts with industry partners, beneficiaries of Samarth scheme
New Delhi [India], May 23 (ANI): Union Minister of Textiles Giriraj Singh interacted with Industry partners and beneficiaries under the Samarth scheme on Friday. The Minister interacted with beneficiaries from different sectors, including handloom, handicraft, jute, and silk, under the Samarth scheme. Beneficiaries shared their experiences of the benefits given to them, which are strengthening their livelihoods. During the interaction, the beneficiaries and industry partners shared the scheme's impact and success stories with the Union Minister. The Union Minister highlighted the significance of the textile sector in India as one of the largest employment-generating sectors and the benefits provided to them through various schemes of the Ministry of Textiles, including the Samarth scheme. During the interaction, industry representatives presented their views on the present status of the Samarth scheme, including challenges to be addressed, growth potential, and opportunities for skilled manpower to make India a global hub of Textiles. So far, under the Samarth scheme, 4.32 lakh beneficiaries have been trained, 3.20 lakh have received placements, with 88 per cent of women beneficiaries. By empowering women in textile production, craftsmanship, and innovation, the scheme is driving gender-inclusive development. The scheme extends across India, making skill development accessible from Jammu & Kashmir to the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The government focus on increasing textile manufacturing, modernising infrastructure, fostering innovation, and upgrading technology through skilled manpower, which will strengthen India's position as a global textile hub. The Samarth scheme for capacity building in the textile sector is a demand-driven, placement-oriented skilling initiative that is a significant step towards developing workforce empowerment. Samarth aims to incentivise and supplement the efforts of the industry in creating jobs in the organised textile and related sectors, covering the entire value chain of textiles, excluding spinning and weaving. (ANI)
The Hindu
02-05-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
Responding to Yatnal's challenge, Minister Shivanand Patil resigns from Assembly, but Speaker rejects it
Sugar, Textiles, and Agricultural Marketing Minister Shivanand Patil on Friday resigned from the membership of the Legislative Assembly, accepting a challenge from expelled BJP MLA and former Union Minister Basanagouda R. Patil Yatnal. However, Assembly Speaker U.T. Khader rejected the resignation letter on the grounds that it was not submitted in the correct format. Mr. Patil submitted the resignation letter to Mr. Khader with a rider. In his letter, Mr. Patil, who represents Basavana Bagevadi constituency in Vijayapura district, requested Mr. Khader to accept his resignation only if Mr. Yatnal too resigns from the membership of the Assembly and his resignation was accepted. Mr. Yatnal represents Vijayapura City Assembly constituency. Background of case Mr. Patil's resignation follows a recent protest held in Vijayapura city against Mr. Yatnal for his alleged derogatory remarks against Muslims. Mr. Patil and another Congress MLA, Vijayanand Kashappanavar, who had participated in the protest, had strongly lashed out at Mr. Yatnal and challenged him to resign and contest a byelection. In response, Mr. Yatnal had challenged both Mr. Patil and Mr. Kashappanavar to resign from the Assembly and face him in their respective seats in the bypolls. Mr. Kashappanavar represents Hungund constituency. 'If they do not resign by next Friday (May 9), I would doubt their parentage,' he said in Vijayapura on April 30. 'They need not come to Vijayapura city to fight me. Let us all contest as Independents. I will defeat them on their home turf,' he told reporters after Basava Jayanti celebrations in Vijayapura. Mr. Yatnal claimed that, unlike him, Mr. Patil and Mr. Kashappanavar are not mass leaders. He claimed to have won elections based on his charisma, and not party affiliation. Mr. Patil, who accepted the challenge, met Mr. Khader on Friday and submitted his resignation. Speaking to reporters in Bengaluru, Mr. Patil said, 'Mr Yatnal has said that he will resign as an MLA and contest against me in the Basavana Bagevadi constituency. I have resigned accepting his challenge. Let him resign now.' However, Mr. Patil said he has not set any deadline for Mr. Yatnal to resign. His resignation has nothing to do with the Congress and Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, he clarified. He tendered his resignation on his own, accepting the challenge from Mr. Yatnal, he reiterated. Mr. Kashappanavar is yet to respond to the challenge. 'Just drama' Responding to the resignation, Mr. Yatnal called it just 'drama'. He said, 'The Minister's resignation is nothing but a big drama. I will not resign until his resignation is accepted. A conditional resignation will never be accepted. Anyone with a little common sense knows this.'
The Hindu
02-05-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
Minister resigns from Karnataka Assembly, challenges Basanagouda Patil Yatnal to do the same
Minister for Textiles, Sugar, Sugarcane Development and Agricultural Marketing Shivanand S. Patil submitted his resignation from the membership of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly on May 2. Mr. Patil called on Speaker U. T. Khader on May 2 to submit his resignation. Mr. Patil represents Basavana Bagevadi constituency in Vijayapura district. He had participated in a protest against Basanagouda Patil Yatnal, expelled BJP MLA, in Vijayapura. The latter challenged the Minister to resign from the Assembly and contest against him (Basanagouda Patil Yatnal). The verbal duel triggered the resignation of the Minister from the membership of the Assembly. In his letter, the Minister requested the Speaker to accept his resignation only if Basanagouda Patil Yatnal also submits his resignation from the membership of the Assembly. Mr. Yatnal represents Vijayapura (Bijapur) City constituency. Mr. Yatnal had claimed that Mr. Patil cannot win an election without the support of Muslim votes, and called him an 'agent of Pakistan'. Mr. Patil said his resignation has nothing to do with the Congress party and Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.
