Lok Sabha Question No. 1862 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-29
Subject: Quantum of Cloth Production
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: Abdul Majeed Ariff

1862.   ADV. A.M. ARIFF:

## Will the Minister of TEXTILES वस्त्र मंरी

be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has recently implemented a promotional scheme for development and expansion of textile industry in the country;
- (b) if so, the total funds earmarked for the purpose under the said scheme, sector-wise;
- (c) the details of targets fixed for cloth production, generation of employment opportunities and earning of foreign exchange through this scheme; and
- (d) the  funds  spent  so  far  on  development  of  Textile  Export  Hub  under  construction  in Kerala?

## उत्तर

ANSWER

## वस्त्र मंरी ( श्रीमती स्मृ तत ज़ू बिन इरानी )

MINISTER OF TEXTILES

(SMT. SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

- (a) to (c): In order to promote and develop various sectors/ segments of the textile industry, the Government has been implementing  various policy initiatives and schemes which inter alia support/ improve  the  lives  and  livelihoods  of  textile  workers  through  employment  generation  and  promotes production and export competitiveness of the textile industry such as:
-  Handloom  Sector :  The  Government  is  implementing  following  schemes  for  promotion  of handlooms 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, lighting units, marketing of handloom products and loan at concessional rates.

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1862 TO BE ANSWERED ON 29/11/2019

## QUANTUM OF CLOTH PRODUCTION

Scheme-wise funds allocated and released in the last three years are indicated below: -

(Rs. in crore)

| S.No   | Name of scheme                                    | 2016-17              | 2016-17        | 2017-18              | 2017-18        | 2018-19              | 2018-19        |
|--------|---------------------------------------------------|----------------------|----------------|----------------------|----------------|----------------------|----------------|
| S.No   | Name of scheme                                    | Funds allocated (RE) | Funds released | Funds allocated (RE) | Funds released | Funds allocated (RE) | Funds released |
| 1      | National Handloom Development Programme           | 167.53               | 153.56         | 140.24               | 135.05         | 138.53               | 119.72         |
| 2      | Comprehensive Handloom Cluster Development Scheme | 50.00                | 40.11          | 32.50                | 31.82          | 21.50                | 16.38          |
| 3      | Handloom Weavers' Comprehensive Welfare Scheme    | 26.56                | 26.56          | 25.00                | 24.98          | 10.05                | 2.06           |
| 4      | Yarn Supply Scheme                                | 261.50               | 261.35         | 200.00               | 199.84         | 155.41               | 126.84         |
|        | Total                                             | 505.59               | 481.58         | 397.74               | 391.69         | 325.49               | 265.00         |

The main fibres used by weavers in the sector are cotton, silk, wool, linen, jute and acrylic. A lot of Handloom items are produced by the sector for the in-house consumption of weavers and their families. Due to the unorganized and traditional nature of the sector, the data pertaining to Handloom production is dispersed and largely unavailable for centralized quantification.  As per the 4 th All India Handloom Census (2019-20), there are 35.22 lakh handloom workers employed in the country and the above mentioned schemes are facilitating the handloom weavers to sustain their employment in their present profession.  As regards, foreign exchange earnings, the target and achievements with regard to handloom export, are as under in the last three years: -

|   SN | Year    |   Target (in Million US $) |   Achievements (in Million US $) |
|------|---------|----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|    1 | 2016-17 |                        450 |                           357.58 |
|    2 | 2017-18 |                        463 |                           353.92 |
|    3 | 2018-19 |                        400 |                           343.43 |

-  North East Region Textile Promotion Scheme (NERTPS): To  promote  textiles  industry  in  the North  Eastern  Region  by  providing  infrastructure,  capacity  building  and  marketing  support  to  all segments of textile industry. The scheme has an outlay of Rs. 500 crores during 2017-18 to 2019-20. Under this scheme, Apparel & Garment MakingCentres (factories), fully equipped with industrial garmenting machineries have been set up in plug and play model in each NE States and Sikkim. Each Centre is designed to generate employment for 1200 persons. Under Sericulture, 38 projects have  been  approved  covering  Mulberry,  Eri  and  Muga  sectors  in  all  NE  States  having  total  cost Rs. 1,106.97 crore with Government of India share of Rs.955.07 crores.
-  Silk Samagra : Government of India has been implementing a Central Sector Scheme 'Silk Samgra' for  development of sericulture in the country  Country  from the  year 2017-18 to 2019-20 with an outlay of Rs.2161.68 crore which mainly focuses on Research & Development, Training, Transfer of Technology  and  I.T  Initiatives,  Seed  Organisations,  Coordination  and  Market  Development  and, Quality Certification Systems (QCS)/ Export Brand Promotion and Technology Upgradation. R&D efforts  have  also  been  initiated  to  evolve  new products  by blending silk with other fibres such  as wool, coir, cotton etc., which have demand in international markets.

Raw silk production target & achievement and estimated employment generation for the year 2017-18, 2018-19 & 2019-20 are given below:

| Year   | Raw silk Production(MT)   | Raw silk Production(MT)   | Employment Generation (Million person)   |
|--------|---------------------------|---------------------------|------------------------------------------|
| Target |                           | Achievement               |                                          |
| 33840  | 31906                     | 8.60                      | 2017-18                                  |
| 35960  | 35468                     | 9.18                      | 2018-19                                  |
| 38530  | 15645(Till Sept-19)       | 10.00 (Target)            | 2019-20                                  |

-  Power Tex India: A  comprehensive scheme for powerloom sector was launched in April, 2017 with  an  outlay  of  Rs.  487  crores  for  three  years.    This  scheme  has  components  relating  to  loom upgradation; infrastructure creation and concessional access to credit. The scheme has been designed to   attract investment of Rs. 1000 crores and employment to 10000 persons in power-loom sector and will also result in higher returns to power-loom units. The total funds earmarked for the purpose under the said scheme under PowerTex India scheme is Rs. 487.07 Cr.
-  Special Package for Textile and Apparel sector: Rs 6000 crores package was launched in June 2016 to boost employment and export potential in the apparel and made up segments.  This package consists  of  Remission  of  State  Levies  for  garmenting  and  made-ups;  additional  production  and employment  linked  subsidy  of  10%  under  ATUFS  for  garmenting;  assistance  for  the  entire  12% employers' contribution towards EPF; fixed term employment in garmenting, increasing overtime caps; and income tax concessions under section 80JJAA for the garmenting sector.
-  Amended  Technology  Up-gradation  Fund  Scheme  (ATUFS): The  amended  Scheme  was launched in January 2016 with an outlay of Rs 17822 Crores.  The scheme has been designed to promote ease of doing business in the country and to mobilize new investment of about Rs 95 000 cr and employment for 35 lakh persons by the year 2022. The objectives of the scheme is to promote ease  of  doing  business  in  the  country  and  achieve  the  vision  of  generating  employment  and promoting exports through 'Make in India' with 'Zero effect and Zero defect' in manufacturing.

The Textile sector has perfect alignment with Government's key initiatives of Make in India, Skill India,  Women  Empowerment  and  Rural  Youth  Employment  and  currently  Textile  sector  employs 4.5  crores  workers  across  the  country  and  there  is  no  targets  fixed  for  generation  of  employment opportunities.

- (d): No Sir, there is no such proposal for development of Textile Export Hub in Kerala so far.

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