Government Scheme: Stipend per trainee for the skill development 
programmes will be limited to Rs.3,000/- per month and in the case of training programmes of less than one month duration, stipend will be disbursed on prorata basis. The honorarium for the trainer will be limited to Rs. 15.000/- per month. An amount of Rs.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.
Under PMEGP scheme , workers engaged in coir industry can avail a loan of upto Rs25lakhs to set up a new unit.
Useful address:
1. National Coir Training and Design Centre (NCT&DC), Kalavoor, Alleppey 2. Research-cum-Extension Centre, Thanjavur
3. Field Training Centres of Regional Officers/ Sub Regional Officers of the Board located at various parts of the country
4. Joint Director (P), Coir Board
Ph: 9447187059
Email: jdp@coirboard.org
