Lok Sabha Question No. 3088 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-06
Subject: Urban Haats/Handicraft Haats
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: Krishna Pal Singh Yadav, Margani Bharat

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3088 TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.12.2019

## URBAN HAATS/HANDICRAFT HAATS:

## 3088.  DR. KRISHNA PAL SINGH YADAV: SHRI MARGANI BHARAT:

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

- (a) the  details  of  urban  haats/handicraft  haats  functioning  in  the  country.  State/UT-wise including Andhra Pradesh;
- (b) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  set  up  urban  haats/handicraft  haats  in  various States/UTs of the country under infrastructure and technology support or other schemes, if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise including Madhya Pradesh;
- (c) the  funds allocated for the purpose in this regard, State/UT-wise; and
- (d) the  extent  to  which  urban  haats/handicraft  haats  are  helping  in  promoting  and marketing handicrafts, artisans, handloom weavers in the country?

## उत्तर

## ANSWER

## वस्त्र मंरी ( श्रीमती स्मृ तत ज़ूबिन इरानी )

MINISTER OF TEXTILES (SMT. SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

- (a): Sir, details of functional Urban Haats/Handicrafts Haats in the country, State/UT-wise including Andhra Pradesh is enclosed at Annexure .
- (b) & (c): No Sir.
- (d): Sir,  the  urban  haats/handicraft  haats  are  providing  marketing  platform  directly  to artisans/weavers, thus increasing the income of artisans/weavers in the country.

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## Statement referred to in reply to the part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3088 to be answered on 06.12.2019.

Annexure State/UT-wise List of Functional Urban Haats/Handicrafts Haats

|   SN | 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                |
|   18 | West Bengal    | 31. Durgapur 32. Shantiniketan 33. Biswa Bangla Haat Kolkata |

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