Lok Sabha Question No. 3029 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-12
Subject: Hunar Haats/Hubs
Ministry: MINORITY AFFAIRS
Asked by: Basanta Kumar Panda, E. T. Mohammed Basheer, Bheemrao Baswanthrao Patil, Prasun Banerjee

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No.3029 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.03.2020

## Hunar Haat/Hubs

## † 3029.SHRI BASANTA KUMAR PANDA:

SHRI E.T. MOHAMMED BASHEER:

SHRI B.B. PATIL:

SHRI PRASUN BANERJEE:

Will the Minister of MINORITY AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether the Government has launched a scheme, namely 'Hunar Haat' for empowerment of the minorities, if so, the details thereof and the funds allocated and expenditure incurred by the Government in this regard;
- (b)   the number of Hunar hubs sanctioned/established by the Government in different parts of the country so far and business done in these hubs;
- (c)  the  number of master artisans, craftsmen and culinary experts including women who have been provided employment and employment opportunities during each of the last three years; and
- (d) whether the Government would provide training to master artisans, craftsmen and traditional culinary  experts  as  per  the  modern  needs  in  these  'Hunar  Hubs'  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof along  with  the  names  of  places  where  these  hubs  would  be  established  in  the  near  future, State/location-wise?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF MINORITY AFFAIRS (SHRI MUKHTAR ABBAS NAQVI)

(a)Ministry of Minority Affairs launched Upgrading the Skills and Training in Traditional Arts/ Crafts for Development (USTTAD) scheme on 14th May, 2015 to preserve the rich heritage of traditional  arts/crafts  of  minorities.  The  training  component  of  the  scheme  was  started  from 2016-17. Hunar Haat is being implemented from 2016-17 as a component of USTTAD scheme. The Hunar Haat is an effective platform wherein opportunity is given to artisans/craftsmen and culinary experts from across the country to showcase and market their handmade, rare, exquisite indigenous products. The details of the Scheme Guidelines are also available in public domain on the  USTTAD Scheme Portal, i.e., usttad.minorityaffairs.gov.in/.   While no separate funds are allocated for Hunar Haat component, the funds allocated under USTTAD scheme and total funds spent, funds spent under training component and funds spent under Hunar Haat component of USTTAD scheme since 2016-17 are as given below:

(Rs. In Crore)

| Year     | Funds Allocated   | Funds spent        | Funds spent          | Funds spent       |
|----------|-------------------|--------------------|----------------------|-------------------|
| Year     | Funds Allocated   | Training component | Hunar Haat component | Total expenditure |
| 2016-17  | 20.00             | 17.11              | 2.66                 | 19.77             |
| 2017-18  | 22.00             | 18.53              | 3.27                 | 21.80             |
| 2018-19  | 30.00             | 26.27              | 4.99                 | 31.26             |
| 2019-20* | 50.00             | 19.88              | 15.74                | 35.62             |
| Total    | 122.00            | 81.79              | 26.66                | 108.45            |

(b)  The Ministry of Minority Affairs has implemented Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakram (PMJVK)  earlier  known  as  Multi-sectoral  Development  Programme  (MsDP),  a  Centrally Sponsored  Scheme,  in  1300  identified  Minority  Concentration  Areas  (MCAs)  of  the  country with  the  objective  of  developing  socio-economic  assets  and  basic  amenities  in  these  areas  to bring  them  at  par  with  other  parts  of  the  country.   The  MCAs  include  870  Minority Concentration  Blocks,  321  Minority  Concentration  Towns  and  109  Minority  Concentration Districts  Headquarters.   Thrust  of  the  PMJVK  is  to  allocate  at  least  80%  of  the  resources  in education,  health  and  skill  development  sectors  of  which  atleast  33-40%  to  be  allocated  for women centric projects.  Construction of Hunar Hubs is one of the projects considered under the scheme with the objective of enabling artisans/entrepreneurs to carry out exhibitions/melas/food-courts/skill  training  under  one  roof  in  the  identified  MCD  Hqrs.   Till date, 08 nos. of Hunar Hubs have been sanctioned by the Empowered Committee on the basis of proposals  received  from  the  States  of  Kerala(2),  Maharashtra  (1),  Meghalaya(1)  and  Andhra Pradesh(4).

(c) Hunar Haats have generated employment and employment opportunities for more than 3.00 lakh artisans/craftspersons & culinary experts and associated artisans and have strengthened their  market  linkages  for  indigenous  products  in  the  21  Hunar  Haats  organized  so  far  since November, 2016 at  India  International  Trade  Fair,  New  Delhi,  (2016,  2017,  2018  and  2019), Baba  Kharak  Singh  Marg,  New  Delhi,  (February  2017,  February  2018  and  January  2019), Puducherry  (September  2017,  October  2018),  Mumbai  (January  2018,  December  2018  and December 2019), Prayagraj (September 2018 and November 2019), Jaipur (Aug.-Sept. 2019), Ahmedabad  (December  2019),  Hyderabad  (January  2020),  Lucknow  (January,  2020),  Indore (February 2020), India Gate Lawns, New Delhi (February, 2020) and Ranchi (Feb.-Mar. 2020).

So far, 5,152 craftsmen/artisans and culinary experts, including 1,152  women craftsmen/artisans  and  culinary  experts,  have  been  directly  benefited  under  the  Hunar  Haat component  of  the  USTTAD  scheme.    The  year-wise  details  of  such  craftsmen/artisans  and culinary expertsduring the last three years and current year are as under:-

| Year    |   Male (craftsmen/artisans and culinary experts) |   Female (craftsmen/artisans and culinary experts) |   Total |
|---------|--------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|---------|
| 2016-17 |                                              428 |                                                176 |     604 |
| 2017-18 |                                              636 |                                                236 |     872 |
| 2018-19 |                                              764 |                                                212 |     976 |
| 2019-20 |                                             2172 |                                                528 |    2700 |
| Total   |                                             4000 |                                               1152 |    5152 |

Further,  23,760  trainees  have  been  directly  benefitedunder  the  training  component  of USTTAD Scheme.

(d) Construction of Hunar Hubs is one of the projects considered under the scheme with the objective  of  enabling  artisans/entrepreneurs  to  carry  out  exhibitions/melas/food-courts/skill training  under  one  roof.    Sanction  of  Hunar  Hubs  under  PMJVK  depends  on  the  proposals received from States/UTs on the basis of the felt need of the Minority Concentration Areas.

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