Lok Sabha Question No. 912 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-07
Subject: Schemes for Handloom Sector
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: BALABHADRA MAJHI

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 912 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07-02-2019

## Schemes for Handloom Sector

## 912. SHRI BALABHADRA MAJHI:

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

- (a) the details of schemes to encourage handloom sector in the country;
- (b) the number of weavers who have benefited under these schemes during last five years; and
- (c) the funds disbursed to such weavers, State/UT-wise?

## उत्तर

## ANSWER

## वस्त्र राज्य मंरी  (श्री अजय टम्टा)

THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR TEXTILES (SHRI AJAY TAMTA)

- (a) The Government of India, Ministry of Textiles is implementing following schemes to encourage handloom sector and welfare of weavers across the country:-
- 1) National Handloom Development Programme (NHDP)
- 2) Comprehensive Handloom Cluster Development Scheme (CHCDS)
- 3) Handloom Weavers' Comprehensive Welfare Scheme (HWCWS)
- 4) Yarn Supply Scheme (YSS)

Under the above schemes, financial assistance is provided for raw materials, purchase of looms  and  accessories,  design  innovation,  product  diversification,  infrastructure  development, skill upgradation, marketing of handloom products, loan at concessional rates etc.

- (b) Number of weavers benefited under the above schemes in the last five years (2014-15 to 2018-19) are as under:
- (c) Details  of  State/UT  wise  funds  released  in  the  last  five  years  (2014-15  to  2018-19)  are  at Annexure-I.

| SN   | Name of the Scheme                                                                                         | Number of weavers benefited   |
|------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| 1    | National Handloom Development Programme (NHDP) & Comprehensive Handloom Cluster Development Scheme (CHCDS) |                               |
|      | i) Block Level Clusters                                                                                    | 324315                        |
|      | ii) Marketing Events                                                                                       | 1852520                       |
|      | iii) Concessional Credit/Weavers'MUDRA Scheme                                                              | 217101                        |
| 2    | Handloom Weavers' Comprehensive Welfare Scheme (HWCWS)                                                     |                               |
|      | i) Health Insurance Scheme (HIS)                                                                           | 2180562                       |
|      | ii) Mahatma Gandhi Bunkar Bima Yojana (MGBBY)                                                              | 1817556                       |
| 3    | Yarn Supply Scheme (YSS)                                                                                   | 1815702                       |

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Statement  referred  to  in  part  (a)  &  (b)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  912  for  answer  on 07-02-2019

State-wise financial assistance provided to handloom agencies in the last five years (2014-15 to 2018-19) under National Handloom Development Programme (NHDP) and Comprehensive Handloom  Cluster Development Scheme (CHCDS) (Block Level Clusters, Marketing Events, Marketing Incentives)

|   S N | State             | Funds released (Rs. in crore)   |
|-------|-------------------|---------------------------------|
|     1 | Andhra Pradesh    | 39.75                           |
|     2 | Arunachal Pradesh | 3.42                            |
|     3 | Assam             | 45.79                           |
|     4 | Bihar             | 6.25                            |
|     5 | Chhattisgarh      | 5.31                            |
|     6 | Delhi             | -                               |
|     7 | Gujarat           | 4.13                            |
|     8 | Himachal Pradesh  | 3.91                            |
|     9 | Haryana           | 0.25                            |
|    10 | Jammu and Kashmir | 7.49                            |
|    11 | Jharkhand         | 8.04                            |
|    12 | Karnataka         | 3.71                            |
|    13 | Kerala            | 4.70                            |
|    14 | Madhya Pradesh    | 5.57                            |
|    15 | Maharashtra       | 4.94                            |
|    16 | Manipur           | 8.94                            |
|    17 | Meghalaya         | 2.25                            |
|    18 | Mizoram           | 6.17                            |
|    19 | Nagaland          | 8.45                            |
|    20 | Odisha            | 20.94                           |
|    21 | Rajasthan         | 1.33                            |
|    22 | Sikkim            | 1.80                            |
|    23 | Tamil Nadu        | 151.98                          |
|    24 | Telangana         | 4.98                            |
|    25 | Tripura           | 6.69                            |
|    26 | Uttar Pradesh     | 42.72                           |
|    27 | Uttrakhand        | 2.09                            |
|    28 | West Bengal       | 22.32                           |

Note:  Funds  under  Handloom  Weavers'  Comprehensive  Welfare  Scheme  and  Yarn  Supply Scheme  are  released  to the  implementing  agencies  viz.  LIC  of  India  and  National  Handloom Development Corporation (NHDC) respectively.