SAMARTH Centres

08.02.2024

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   Why in the news?

Recently, the Minister of State for Heavy Industries informed the Lok Sabha about SAMARTH Centres.

About SAMARTH Centres:

• The Smart Advanced Manufacturing and Rapid Transformation Hub (SAMARTH) centers are set up under the Scheme for “Enhancement of Competitiveness in the Indian Capital Goods Sector.
• These centers have been providing assistance to the MSMEs to train the workforce and make them aware of Industry 4.0 technologies in the following ways:

○Organizing Seminars/ Workshops and knowledge-sharing events on Industry 4.0;

○Training industries to create awareness about Industry 4.0;

○Providing consultancy (in areas such as IOT Hardware, Software development, and data analytics) and incubation support to start-ups including MSMEs.

Key facts about the Enhancement of Competitiveness in the Indian Capital Goods Sector scheme:

• It has been launched by the Ministry of Heavy Industries to address technological obsolescence and limited access to quality industrial infrastructure and common facilities.
• In order to address the skill gaps and infrastructure development and technology needs for the Capital Goods Sector, Phase I of the Capital Goods scheme was rolled out in November 2014.
• Phase I of the scheme fostered partnerships between Academia and Industry for engendering technology development with Government support.
• The objective of Phase II (on January 25, 2022) is to expand and enlarge the impact created by the Phase I pilot scheme, thereby providing greater impetus through the creation of a strong and globally competitive capital goods sector that contributes at least 25% to the manufacturing sector.

Components of the Scheme

○Identification of Technologies through Technology Innovation Portals

○Setting up of four New Advanced Centres of Excellence and augmentation of Existing Centres of Excellence

○Promotion of skilling in the Capital Goods Sector–the creation of Qualification packages for skill levels 6 and above

○Setting up of four Common Engineering Facility Centres (CEFCs) and augmentation of existing CEFCs

○Augmentation of Existing Testing and Certification Centres

○Setting up of ten Industry Accelerators for Technology Development                                                                

                                                                   Source:PIB