Lok Sabha Question No. 1450 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-09
Subject: Weavers’ Service Centre
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: OM PRAKASH YADAV, RODMAL NAGAR, JANARDAN MISHRA

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1450 TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.03.2017

## WEAVERS' SERVICE CENTRE

## 1450.  SHRI OM PRAKASH YADAV: SHRI NAGAR RODMAL: SHRI JANARDAN MISHRA:

Will the Minister of TEXTILES वस्त्र मंरी

be pleased to state :

(a) whether  the  Government  has  constituted  any  monitoring  committee  to  monitor  the functioning of Weavers' Service Centre and if so, the details thereof;

(b) the  number  of  problems  of  weavers  solved  by  the  Monitoring  Committee  in  the country including the States of Bihar and Madhya Pradesh, State-wise; and

(c) whether any initiative has been taken by the Government to connect Weavers' Service Centres with e-commerce and if so, the details thereof?

## उत्तर

## ANSWER

## वस्त्र      मंरी (श्री अज      )

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR TEXTILES (SHRI AJAY TAMTA)

(a) & (b): Every Weavers' Service Centre has an Advisory Committee which is having mandate of guiding Weavers' Service Centre in all its activities to bring about meaningful interaction  between  various  stakeholders  for  the  development  of  Handloom  Sector.  In addition, Bunkar Mitra - Helpline for handloom weavers has been started for addressing the queries/grievances  of  handloom  weavers.  In  the  month  of  January  total  2677  queries  were received  and  all  have  been  addressed  with  necessary  assistance  of  the  Weavers'  Service Centres. The state wise queries received are at Annexure-I.

(c): Weavers' Service Centres are facilitating handloom weavers in selling their products through various e-commerce entities. In addition, to provide direct market access facility to handloom  weavers,  a  direct  marketing  portal  'www.indiahandmadebazaar.com'  has  been launched in which weavers can upload details of their products, prices, and photographs etc. themselves.  The  buyer  can  view  the  products  and  also  send  a  query  to  concerned  weaver through this portal.

## State wise report for the month of January, 2017

| State                  |   Queries Received |
|------------------------|--------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh (AP)    |                446 |
| Arunachal Pradesh (AR) |                  6 |
| Assam (AS)             |                 44 |
| Bihar (BR)             |                 94 |
| Chandigarh (CH)        |                  6 |
| Chhattisgarh (CG)      |                  9 |
| Delhi (DL)             |                 33 |
| Goa (GA)               |                  1 |
| Gujarat (GJ)           |                 68 |
| Haryana (HR)           |                 36 |
| Himachal Pradesh (HP)  |                  7 |
| Jammu and Kashmir (JK) |                 10 |
| Jharkhand (JH)         |                 31 |
| Karnataka (KA)         |                186 |
| Kerala (KL)            |                 13 |
| Madhya Pradesh (MP)    |                472 |
| Maharashtra (MH)       |                 72 |
| Manipur (MN)           |                  7 |
| Meghalaya (ML)         |                  2 |
| Nagaland (NL)          |                  5 |
| Odisha (OD)            |                 45 |
| PONDICHERRY (PY)       |                  1 |
| Punjab (PB)            |                 20 |
| Rajasthan (RJ)         |                153 |
| Sikkim (SK)            |                  1 |
| Tamil Nadu (TN)        |                 99 |
| Telangana (TG)         |                 85 |
| Uttar Pradesh (UP)     |                644 |
| Uttarakhand (UK)       |                 10 |
| West Bengal (WB)       |                 71 |
| Total                  |               2677 |

## Annexure-I