Lok Sabha Question No. 4022 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-19
Subject: Urban and Rural Haats
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: Sumedhanand Saraswati

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4022 TO BE ANSWERED ON 19.03.2021

## URBAN AND RURAL HAATS

## 4022.  SHRI SUMEDHANAND SARASWATI:

Will the Minister of TEXTILES वस्त्र मंत्री be pleased to state :

- (a) whether the Government proposes to set up rural and urban haats for handicrafts and artisans;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to set up rural and urban haats in various districts of Rajasthan including Sikar;
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (e) whether the Government proposes to provide administrative and financial sanction for setting up of rural and urban haats; and
- (f) if so, the time by which the said sanction is likely to be accorded?

## उत्तर

## ANSWER वस्त्र मंत्री ( श्रीमती स्मृतत ज़ूबिन इरानी )

## MINISTER OF TEXTILES (SMT. SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

(a) & (b): The Government has a scheme for facilitating State Government in the setting up of Urban  Haat  in  the  country.  So  far,  34  Urban  Haats  have  been  set  up  across  the  country. (list attached).

(c) to (f): The proposals for setting up Urban Haats for Sikar and Alwar were received from the state  of  Rajasthan.  A  Project  Approval  &  Monitoring  committee  (PAMC)  meeting  was  held  on 21.05.2013  under  the  Chairmanship  of  Development  Commissioner  (Handicrafts),  wherein  the proposal  for  construction  of  Sikar  Urban  Haat  was  not  considered  as  the  State  Government  of Rajasthan had already been constructing Urban Haat at Sikar. In case of Alwar, the land proposed by Implementing  Agency  for  setting  up  Urban  Haat  was  not  found  suitable  by  the  committee. Accordingly, the implementing agency was requested to propose new venue for setting up Urban Haat at Alwar. At present, three (03) Urban Haats are functional in the state of Rajasthan located at Jodhpur, Jaipur and Ajmer.

## Annexure referred in reply to part (a) & (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4022 for answer on 19.03.2021

## Urban Haats

|   S. No. | State          | Place                                                        |
|----------|----------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh | 1. Tirupati                                                  |
|        2 | Chhatisgarh    | 2. Raipur                                                    |
|        3 | Delhi          | 3. INA, DilliHaat 4. PitampuraHaat.                          |
|        4 | Gujarat        | 5. Bhuj 6. Ahmedabad                                         |
|        5 | Haryana        | 7. Karnal                                                    |
|        6 | Jharkhand      | 8. Hazaribag                                                 |
|        7 | Jammu &Kashmir | 9. Srinagar 10. Jammu                                        |
|        8 | Karnataka      | 11. Mysore 12. Mangluru                                      |
|        9 | Madhya Pradesh | 13. Bhopal 14. Indore                                        |
|       10 | Maharashtra    | 15. Navi Mumbai                                              |
|       11 | Manipur        | 16. Imphal                                                   |
|       12 | Nagaland       | 17. Dimapur                                                  |
|       13 | Orissa         | 18. Bhubaneswar 19. Konark 20. Puri                          |
|       14 | Rajasthan      | 21. Ajmer 22. Jodhpur 23. Jaipur                             |
|       15 | Tamilnadu      | 24. Kanyakumari 25. Mamallapuram                             |
|       16 | Tripura        | 26. Agartala                                                 |
|       17 | Uttar Pradesh  | 27. Varanasi 28. Agra 29. Bareilly 30. Rampur 31. Ayodhya    |
|       18 | West Bengal    | 32. Durgapur 33. Shantiniketan 34. Biswa Bangla Haat Kolkata |