Lok Sabha Question No. 1571 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-24
Subject: Schemes for Textile Sector
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: SANKAR PRASAD DATTA

## SCHEMES FOR TEXTILE SECTOR

## 1571.  SHRI SANKAR PRASAD DATTA:

## Will the Minister of TEXTILES वस्त्र मंरी be pleased to state :

(a) the  details  of  schemes  being  implemented  by  the  Union  Government  for  the benefit of textiles sector and for textile workers in the country;

(b) the funds allocated, released and utilised under the said schemes during each of the last three years and the current year, State and Scheme-wise; and

(c) the  details  of  programmes  formulated  for  assisting  the  textiles  sector  to  face globalization?

## ANSWER

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MINISTER OF TEXTILES (SMT. SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

(a)  to  (c): In  order  to  make  textile  industry  globally  competitive,  Government  is implementing various policy initiatives and schemes for the benefit of textiles sector and Textile  workers  in  the  country.  These  include  Technology  Upgradation  Fund  Scheme (TUFS), Scheme for Development of Technical Textiles, Schemes for the Development of the Powerloom Sector, Scheme for Integrated Textile Parks (SITP), Integrated Skill Development Scheme (ISDS), Schemes for Development of Silk and Sericulture sectors, Baba  Sahib  Ambedkar  Hastshilp  Vikas  Yojna,  Design  and  Technology  Upgradation Scheme, Marketing support and services scheme, Infrastructure and Technology Development Scheme, National Handloom Development Programme (NHDP), Comprehensive  Handloom  Cluster  Development  Scheme(CHCDS),  Comprehensive welfare  scheme  for  Handloom  weavers  and  Handicraft  Artisans,  Infrastructure  and Technology  Development  Scheme,  etc.  These  schemes  are  implemented  on  pan  India basis.  The  Scheme-wise  Funds  allocated  and  utilised  by  various  sectors  of  Textile Industry  during  the  last  three  years  and  current  year  are  at Annexure .  These  schemes facilitate the modernization of Textile industry and also provide upliftment of traditional artisans and weavers in the handicrafts, powerloom and handloom sectors.

## Scheme-wise Funds allocated and Utilised by various sectors of Textile Industry during 2013-14 upto 2016-17

|                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | (Rs in crores)   | (Rs in crores)   | (Rs in crores)   | (Rs in crores)   | (Rs in crores)   | (Rs in crores)   | (Rs in crores)   | (Rs in crores)                 |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|--------------------------------|
| Sector/Scheme                                                                                                                                                                                                     | 2013-14          | 2013-14          | 2014-15          | 2014-15          | 2015-16          | 2015-16          | 2016-17          | 2016-17                        |
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | Final Allocation | Expenditure      | Final Allocation | Expenditure      | Final Allocation | Expenditure      | Allocation       | Expenditure (as on 21.11.2016) |
| Handloom                                                                                                                                                                                                          | 612.00           | 550.94           | 479.50           | 410.03           | 516.21           | 549.99           | 547.00           | 376.99                         |
| Handicraft                                                                                                                                                                                                        | 180.91           | 146.83           | 114.00           | 105.18           | 144.24           | 165.28           | 154.00           | 45.87                          |
| Wool &Woollens                                                                                                                                                                                                    | 16.00            | 16.00            | 21.01            | 21.00            | 41.62            | 27.51            | 54.01            | 18.83                          |
| Sericulture/Silk                                                                                                                                                                                                  | 375.21           | 375.21           | 298.50           | 297.58           | 191.10           | 178.10           | 172.50           | 116.27                         |
| Powerloom                                                                                                                                                                                                         | 54.21            | 13.53            | 58.00            | 51.52            | 79.96            | 100.99           | 85.03            | 59.09                          |
| Megacluster                                                                                                                                                                                                       | 53.8             | 38.75            | 78.00            | 61.79            | 226.00           | 138.75           | 145.00           | 54.08                          |
| Sub Total (Village &Small Enterprises )                                                                                                                                                                           | 1292.13          | 1141.26          | 1049.01          | 947.10           | 1199.13          | 1160.62          | 1157.54          | 671.13                         |
| Industry Schemes (including Technology Upgradation Scheme (TUFS), Scheme for Integrated Textile Parks (SITP), Integrated Skill Development Scheme (ISDS), and North East Region Textile Promotion Scheme (NERTPS) | 2607.87          | 2029.00          | 2450.99          | 2373.41          | 2116.24          | 1951.25          | 2542.46          | 2092.96                        |
| Grand Total                                                                                                                                                                                                       | 3900.00          | 3170.26          | 3500.00          | 3320.51          | 3315.37          | 3111.87          | 3700.00          | 2764.09                        |

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