Lok Sabha Question No. 4932 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-26
Subject: Welfare of Khadi Workers
Ministry: MICRO,SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
Asked by: P.R. SUNDARAM, HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT, VIJAYSINH MOHITE PATIL, RAJEEV SHANKARRAO SATAV, SUPRIYA SADANAND SULE, JAYAKUMAR JAYAVARDHAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4932 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.03.2018

## WELFARE OF KHADI WORKERS

## 4932.   SHRI P.R. SUNDARAM:

DR. HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT:

SHRI MOHITE PATIL VIJAYSINH SHANKARRAO:

SHRI SATAV RAJEEV:

SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE:

DR. J. JAYAVARDHAN:

Will the Minister of MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  khadi  workers  presently  engaged  in  khadi  industries  in  the  country, State/UT-wise;
- (b) the details of funds allocated and spent on the welfare schemes of khadi workers along with the number of khadi workers benefited therefrom during each of the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise;
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  considered  various  demands  of  Khadi  and  Village Industries Corporation including restoration of rebate to enhance viability of khadi industries in the country and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (d) the  other  steps  taken  by  the  Government  for  the  welfare  of  khadi  workers  in  the country?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR MICRO, SMALL & MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (SHRI GIRIRAJ SINGH)

- (a): State/UT-wise details of khadi workers presently engaged in khadi industries in the country is placed at Annexure-I.
- (b): Government in the Ministry of MSME has been implementing the following welfare schemes for khadi workers:
- (i) Aam Admi Bima Yojana (AABY) (erstwhile Khadi Karigar Janashree Bima Yojana) is a group  insurance  scheme  to  provide  insurance  cover  to  khadi  artisans.  The  Scheme  was formulated by Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) in association with the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) with annual premium of Rs.100/- per beneficiary which is  shared  in  the  ratio  of  Rs.50/-  by  the  Central  Government  from  Social  Security  Fund, Rs.25/-  by  the  Khadi  Institution  and  Rs.12.50/-  each  by  Khadi  Artisan  and  KVIC.  The scheme  is  available  for  artisans  in  the  age  group  between  18  years  to  59  years.  The compensation available under the Scheme are as under:

In case of natural death

:

Rs. 30,000/-

In case of accidental death :

Rs. 75,000/-

In case of full permanent disability due to accident  :  Rs. 75,000/-

In case of part permanent disability due to accident :

Rs. 37,500/-

As  an  'add-on'  educational  benefit  (Shiksha  Sahayog  Yojana)  without  any  additional premium,  up  to  two  school-going  children  of  insured  artisans  studying  in  Class  9  to 12(including I.T.I.) are eligible for a scholarship of Rs. 100/- each per month.

The number of artisans covered under the scheme is placed at Annexure-II.

- (ii)  Workshed  Scheme  for  Khadi  Artisans  was  introduced  in  2008-09  to  provide  financial assistance for construction of workshed to khadi artisans belonging to BPL category through the  khadi  institutions  with  which  the  khadi  artisans  are  associated.    This  empowers  khadi spinners and weavers to chart out a sustainable path for growth, income generation and better work environment.

Financial assistance provided to Khadi artisans under the scheme is given as follows:

| Construction of Individual Workshed                            | 20 Sq. mtrs.             | Rs. 60,000/- or 75% of the cost of work shed (90% for NER), whichever is less.            |
|----------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Construction of Group of workshed (with Minimum 5 &Maximum 15) | 10 Sq. mtrs. per artisan | Rs. 40,000/- per artisan or 75% of the cost of workshed (90% for NER), whichever is less. |

Number of worksheds constructed during the last three years and current  year is placed at Annexure-III.

State/UT-wise  details  of  funds  utilized  under  AABY  and  Workshed  Scheme  for Khadi Artisans for the last three years is placed at Annexure-IV.  For the year 2017-18 Rs. 14.996  crore  has  been  allocated  and  utilized  under  Workshed  Scheme  by  KVIC.  Under AABY, the premium amount for the year 2017-18 is paid to LIC by the Khadi Institutions and KVIC, which is under process.

- (c): Government has introduced Market Development Assistance during 2009-10 in place of rebate and has further introduced Market Promotion Development Assistance (MPDA) - A unified  scheme  by  merging  Market  Development  Assistance,  Publicity,  Marketing  and Market  Promotion.    A  new  component  for  Infrastructure  namely  setting  up  of  Marketing Complexes /Khadi Plazas has been added to expand the marketing network of Khadi & VI products. Under the Modified MDA (MMDA) financial assistance at 30% of the Prime Cost, is distributed amongst Producing Institutions (40%), Selling Institutions (20%) and Artisans (40%).
- (d): Artisans Welfare Fund Trusts have been established for the benefit of the artisans at State level. The spinning wages of Khadi artisans were revised from Rs. 4.00 to Rs.5.50 per hank w.e.f. 01.04.2017 and further enhanced from Rs. 5.50 to Rs. 7.50 per hank vide KVIC circular dated 26.12.2017.

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## Annexure-I referred to in reply to part (a) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4932 for answer on 26.03.2018

State/UT-wise number of employment under Khadi and Poly during the year 2016-17

| Sl. No.     | States/ UTs       |   No. of Artisans employed |
|-------------|-------------------|----------------------------|
| 1           | Jammu &Kashmir    |                      21797 |
| 2           | Himachal Pradesh  |                       3175 |
| 3           | Punjab            |                       5053 |
| 4           | UT Chandigarh     |                         54 |
| 5           | Haryana           |                      52711 |
| 6           | Delhi             |                       1180 |
| 7           | Rajasthan         |                      28421 |
| 8           | Uttarakhand       |                      17445 |
| 9           | Uttar Pradesh     |                     122044 |
| 10          | Chhattisgarh      |                       4517 |
| 11          | Madhya Pradesh    |                       1833 |
| 12          | Sikkim            |                          0 |
| 13          | Arunachal Pradesh |                         31 |
| 14          | Nagaland          |                        295 |
| 15          | Manipur           |                        143 |
| 16          | Mizoram           |                         14 |
| 17          | Tripura           |                          0 |
| 18          | Meghalaya         |                         38 |
| 19          | Assam             |                       5043 |
| 20          | Bihar             |                      67719 |
| 21          | West Bengal       |                      30258 |
| 22          | Jharkhand         |                       1807 |
| 23          | Odisha            |                       5272 |
| 24          | A&N Islands       |                          0 |
| 25          | Gujarat*          |                      17170 |
| 26          | Maharashtra**     |                       2974 |
| 27          | Goa               |                          0 |
| 28          | Andhra Pradesh    |                       8423 |
| 29          | Telangana         |                       2225 |
| 30          | Karnataka         |                      25094 |
| 31          | Lakshadweep       |                          0 |
| 32          | Kerala            |                      13731 |
| 33          | Tamil Nadu        |                      16922 |
| 34          | Puducherry        |                        465 |
| Grand Total |                   |                     455854 |

## Annexure-II referred to in reply to part (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4932 for answer on 26.03.2018

State/UT-wise number of Artisans covered under Aam Admi BimaYojana

| S. No.   | State/UT          | 2014-15   | 2015-16   |   2016-17 |   2017-18* |
|----------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------|
| 1.       | Delhi             | 926       | 783       |       788 |        817 |
| 2.       | Haryana           | 29438     | 32150     |     34274 |      32955 |
| 3.       | Himachal Pradesh  | 1194      | 1070      |      1174 |       1171 |
| 4.       | Jammu& Kashmir    | 3814      | 3814      |      3355 |       4200 |
| 5.       | Chandigarh        | 4777      | 4312      |      4322 |       2532 |
| 6.       | Rajasthan         | 16959     | 12532     |     12645 |      15321 |
| 7.       | Bihar             | 6736      | 1980      |      2007 |       2486 |
| 8.       | Jharkhand         | 1588      | 1588      |      1588 |       1785 |
| 9.       | Odisha            | 2817      | 2750      |      2533 |       2639 |
| 10.      | West Bengal       | 23517     | 23517     |     24847 |      17227 |
| 11.      | Assam             | 3973      | 4657      |      4687 |       4908 |
| 12.      | Arunachal Pradesh | 18        | 19        |        16 |          8 |
| 13.      | Manipur           | 71        | 147       |       153 |        248 |
| 14.      | Meghalaya         | 16        | 29        |        29 |         34 |
| 15.      | Mizoram           | -         | 0         |         0 |          0 |
| 16.      | Nagaland          | 180       | 0         |       180 |         54 |
| 17.      | Sikkim            | -         | 0         |         0 |          0 |
| 18.      | Tripura           | -         | 0         |         0 |          0 |
| 19.      | Andhra Pradesh    | 6421      | 6101      |      5059 |       4885 |
| 20.      | Telangana         | 1381      | 1238      |      1179 |       1194 |
| 21.      | Bangalore         | 15634     | 15534     |     15634 |      10749 |
| 22.      | Trivandrum        | 9760      | 9914      |     11444 |      13224 |
| 23.      | Tamil Nadu        | 10332     | 9979      |      9901 |       9679 |
| 24.      | Goa               | -         | -         |         0 |          0 |
| 25.      | Gujarat           | 10314     | 10784     |     10824 |       9981 |
| 26.      | Maharashtra       | 950       | 926       |       874 |        746 |
| 27.      | Chhattisgarh      | 2339      | 2328      |      3664 |       4881 |
| 28.      | Madhya Pradesh    | 1315      | 1493      |      1493 |        165 |
| 29.      | Uttarkhand        | 10310     | 7408      |      8191 |       5112 |
| 30.      | Uttar Pradesh     | 127767    | 126379    |    127846 |      94780 |
|          | TOTAL             | 292547    | 281432    |    288707 |     241781 |

*provisional

## Annexure-III referred to in reply to part (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4932 for answer on 26.03.2018

State/UT-wise No. of worksheds constructed during each of last three years and current year

| Sl. No.   | Status/UTs        |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |   2017-18 (upto 28.2.2018) |
|-----------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|----------------------------|
| 1         | Jammu &Kashmir    |         0 |         0 |         0 |                          0 |
| 2         | Himachal Pradesh  |       160 |         0 |        20 |                        120 |
| 3         | Punjab            |         0 |         0 |         0 |                          0 |
| 4         | UT Chandigarh     |        30 |        10 |        20 |                         65 |
| 5         | Haryana           |       225 |        55 |       220 |                         51 |
| 6         | Delhi             |         0 |         0 |         0 |                          0 |
| 7         | Rajasthan         |         0 |        10 |       115 |                          0 |
| 8         | Uttarakhand       |        18 |        25 |        25 |                          0 |
| 9         | Uttar Pradesh     |      1104 |       310 |      1254 |                       1300 |
| 10        | Chhattisgarh      |       210 |       236 |       212 |                          0 |
| 11        | Madhya Pradesh    |        90 |        20 |        20 |                         20 |
| 12        | Sikkim            |         0 |         0 |         0 |                          0 |
| 13        | Arunachal Pradesh |         0 |         0 |         0 |                          0 |
| 14        | Nagaland          |         0 |         0 |         0 |                          0 |
| 15        | Manipur           |         0 |         0 |         0 |                         30 |
| 16        | Mizoram           |         0 |         0 |         0 |                          0 |
| 17        | Tripura           |         0 |         0 |         0 |                          0 |
| 18        | Meghalaya         |         0 |         0 |         0 |                          0 |
| 19        | Assam             |       380 |       193 |       183 |                        170 |
| 20        | Bihar             |       200 |         0 |        20 |                          0 |
| 21        | West Bengal       |       565 |       140 |       100 |                        100 |
| 22        | Jharkhand         |         0 |        30 |        50 |                          0 |
| 23        | Odisha            |       100 |        25 |        80 |                         80 |
| 24        | A&N Islands       |         0 |         0 |         0 |                          0 |
| 25        | Gujarat*          |       200 |        50 |       200 |                          0 |
| 26        | Maharashtra**     |        60 |        34 |        25 |                         20 |
| 27        | Goa               |         0 |         0 |         0 |                          0 |
| 28        | Andhra Pradesh    |       110 |        50 |       200 |                        113 |
| 29        | Telangana         |         0 |         0 |        65 |                         80 |
| 30        | Karnataka         |        90 |         0 |       115 |                        380 |
| 31        | Lakshadweep       |         0 |         0 |         0 |                          0 |
| 32        | Kerala            |       110 |        25 |       280 |                        245 |
| 33        | Tamil Nadu        |       250 |        57 |        68 |                        100 |
| 34        | Puducherry        |         0 |         0 |         0 |                          0 |
| Total     | Total             |      3902 |      1270 |      3272 |                       2874 |

## Annexure-IV referred to in reply to part (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4932 for answer on 26.03.2018

State/UT-wise disbursement of funds under AABY & Workshed Scheme for Khadi Artisans

(Rs. in lakh)

| Sl. No.   | States/UTs        | 2014-15   | 2014-15         | 2015-16   | 2015-16         | 2016-17   | 2016-17         |
|-----------|-------------------|-----------|-----------------|-----------|-----------------|-----------|-----------------|
| Sl. No.   | States/UTs        | AABY      | Workshed Scheme | AABY      | Workshed Scheme | AABY      | Workshed Scheme |
| 1         | Jammu &Kashmir    | -         | 24.75           | 0.00      | 12.00           | 0.00      | 0.00            |
| 2         | Himachal Pradesh  | -         | 36.00           | 0.00      | 59.85           | 0.00      | 12.00           |
| 3         | Punjab            | -         | -               | 0.00      | 6.00            | 0.00      | 12.00           |
| 4         | UT Chandigarh     | -         | 13.50           | 0.00      | 0.00            | 0.00      | 0.00            |
| 5         | Haryana           | -         | 101.25          | 0.00      | 39.08           | 0.00      | 132.00          |
| 6         | Delhi             | -         | 2.25            | 0.00      | 0.00            | 0.00      | 0.00            |
| 7         | Rajasthan         | -         | 12.37           | 0.00      | 6.00            | 0.00      | 90.00           |
| 8         | Uttarakhand       | -         | 42.75           | 0.00      | 15.00           | 0.00      | 0.00            |
| 9         | Uttar Pradesh     | -         | 472.05          | 0.00      | 210.75          | 0.00      | 846.00          |
| 10        | Chhattisgarh      | -         | 47.25           | 0.00      | 187.28          | 0.00      | 127.00          |
| 11        | Madhya Pradesh    | -         | 20.25           | 0.00      | 32.25           | 0.00      | 12.00           |
| 12        | Sikkim            | -         | -               | 0.00      | 0.00            | 0.00      | 0.00            |
| 13        | Arunachal Pradesh | -         | -               | 0.00      | 0.00            | 0.00      | 0.00            |
| 14        | Nagaland          | -         | 3.38            | 0.00      | 0.00            | 0.00      | 0.00            |
| 15        | Manipur           | -         | -               | 0.00      | 0.00            | 0.00      | 0.00            |
| 16        | Mizoram           | -         | -               | 0.00      | 0.00            | 0.00      | 0.00            |
| 17        | Tripura           | -         | 11.25           | 0.00      | 0.00            | 0.00      | 0.00            |
| 18        | Meghalaya         | -         | 0.00            | 0.00      | 0.00            | 0.00      | 0.00            |
| 19        | Assam             | -         | 171.00          | 0.00      | 115.80          | 0.00      | 109.80          |
| 20        | Bihar             | -         | 45.00           | 0.00      | 40.22           | 0.00      | 12.00           |
| 21        | West Bengal       | -         | 254.25          | 0.00      | 84.00           | 0.00      | 60.00           |
| 22        | Jharkhand         | -         | 33.75           | 0.00      | 18.00           | 0.00      | 30.00           |
| 23        | Odisha            | -         | 22.50           | 0.00      | 37.50           | 0.00      | 48.00           |
| 24        | A. &N. Islands    | -         | -               |           | 0.00            | 0.00      | 0.00            |
| 25        | Gujarat           | -         | 45.00           | 0.00      | 75.00           | 0.00      | 120.00          |
| 26        | Maharashtra       | -         | 13.50           | 0.00      | 34.49           | 0.00      | 27.00           |
| 27        | Goa               | -         | -               | 0.00      | 0.00            | 0.00      | 0.00            |
| 28        | Andhra Pradesh    | -         | 66.38           | 0.00      | 30.00           | 0.00      | 120.00          |
| 29        | Telangana         | -         | -               | 0.00      | 0.00            | 0.00      | 39.00           |
| 30        | Karnataka         | -         | 40.50           | 0.00      | 15.00           | 0.00      | 120.00          |
| 31        | Lakshadweep       | -         | -               | 0.00      | 0.00            | 0.00      | 0.00            |
| 32        | Kerala            | -         | 49.50           | 0.00      | 18.00           | 0.00      | 168.00          |
| 33        | Tamil Nadu        | -         | 112.50          | 0.00      | 36.00           | 0.00      | 42.00           |
| 34        | Pondicherry       | -         | -               | 0.00      | 0.00            | 0.00      | 0.00            |
|           | Departmental      | 70.13     | -               | 44.24     | 0.00            | 37.28     | 0.00            |
| Total     | Total             | 70.13     | 1640.93         | 44.24     | 1072.22         | 37.28     | 2126.80         |