Lok Sabha Question No. 3774 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-08-09
Subject: Textile and Handicraft Policy
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: SANKAR PRASAD DATTA

## TEXTILES AND HANDICRAFT POLICY

## 3774.   SHRI SANKAR PRASAD DATTA:

## Will the Minister of TEXTILES वस्त्र मंत्री

be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has formulated any Textile and Handicraft Policy during the last three years and if so, the salient features thereof;
- (b) whether the Government has set up textile and handicraft clusters at various places to boost textile and handicraft industries and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether there is a big cloth/textile market in Agartala city, Tripura;
- (d) if so, whether the Government proposes to boost textile/cloth industries in Agartala city, Tripura; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## उत्तर

## ANSWER

## वस्त्र राज्य मंत्री ( श्री अजय टम्टा )

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

(a)  to  (e): Government  has  been  implementing  various  policy  initiatives  and  programmes  for development  of  textiles  and  handicrafts  particularly  for  technology  upgradation,  infrastructure creation,  skill  development,  etc.  including  Amended  Technology  Upgradation  Funds  Scheme (ATUFS), PowerTex India Scheme, Scheme for Integrated Textile Parks, SAMARTH- scheme for capacity  building  in  Textile  Sector,  Silk  Samagra-  integrated  silk  development  scheme,  North Eastern  Region  Textile  Promotion  Scheme  (NERTPS),  the    National  Handicraft  Development Programme (NHDP) and the Comprehensive Handicrafts Cluster Development Scheme (CHCDS), etc.

The  Government  also  launched  a  special  package  to  boost  investment,  employment  and exports in the garmenting and made-up sector. The Special package was designed to create upto one crore  jobs,  and  boost  exports  by  US  $  31  billion  and  attract  investment  of  Rs.80,000  crores  in 3 years. So far, it has generated additional exports of Rs.5,728 crores and additional investments of Rs.25,345 crores.

Under the ATUFS,  an amount of Rs.17,822 crores was approved for providing one-time capital  subsidy  to  eligible  machinery  for  seven  years  from  2015-16  to  2021-22  (including committed liability of Rs.12,671 crores and Rs.5,151 crores for new cases). Rs. 8,078.94 crores has so far been released under the scheme.

The Government has set up  an Apparel and Garment Making Centre (consisting of 3 Units installed each with 100 stitching machineries)  at Bodhjungnagar, Agartala under the NERTPS at a total cost of Rs.18.18 crore. Under NERTPs, a Silk Printing Unit has also been set up at Agartala at a cost of Rs.3.71 crore with a capacity to print and process about 1.5 lakh meters of silk fabric per annum. To promote handloom sector in Tripura, Government sanctioned 3 Block Level Clusters with Rs. 4.28 crore, 44 marketing events with Rs.2.41 crore, 9 Mudra loans (Rs.3 lakh) and enrolled 9,367 weavers/artisans under Health Insurance Scheme and 2,718 weavers/artisans under Mahatma Gandhi  Bunkar  Bima  Yojana.  Statement  containing  state-wise  details  of  number  of  handicraft clusters is given at Annexure .

## Annexure

State-wise details of number of handicraft clusters

| S. No.   | States/UTs        |   No of working Cluster (handicrafts) |
|----------|-------------------|---------------------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    |                                     2 |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh |                                     2 |
| 3        | Assam             |                                    66 |
| 4        | Bihar             |                                     5 |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh      |                                     6 |
| 6        | New Delhi         |                                     1 |
| 7        | Goa               |                                     1 |
| 8        | Gujarat           |                                    49 |
| 9        | Haryana           |                                     2 |
| 10       | Himachal Pradesh  |                                     2 |
| 11       | J&K               |                                    13 |
| 12       | Jharkhand         |                                     3 |
| 13       | Kerala            |                                     3 |
| 14       | Karnataka         |                                     2 |
| 15       | Madhya Pradesh    |                                    33 |
| 16       | Maharashtra       |                                     7 |
| 17       | Manipur           |                                    44 |
| 18       | Meghalaya         |                                     1 |
| 19       | Mizoram           |                                     3 |
| 20       | Nagaland          |                                     7 |
| 21       | odisha            |                                    11 |
| 22       | Punjab            |                                     1 |
| 23       | Tamil Nadu        |                                     1 |
| 24       | Telangana         |                                     5 |
| 25       | Tripra            |                                     5 |
| 26       | Uttar Pradesh     |                                    75 |
| 27       | Uttarakhand       |                                     9 |
| 28       | West Bengal       |                                     8 |
| 29       | Rajasthan         |                                     1 |
| 30       | Andaman &Nicobar  |                                     2 |
|          | Total             |                                   370 |