Lok Sabha Question No. 4771 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-22
Subject: Traditional Weaving Practices in Tribal Areas
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Naranbhai Bhikhabhai Kachhadiya, Parbatbhai Savabhai Patel

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO †

## 4771

TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.07.2019

## TRADITIONAL WEAVING PRACTICES IN TRIBAL AREAS

## † 4771.  SHRI NARANBHAI KACHHADIYA:

## SHRI PARBATBHAI SAVABHAI PATEL:

Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government has any data of weavers engaged in traditional weaving practices in tribal areas;

(b) if so, the State-wise details thereof;

(c)  the  schemes  being  implemented  and  proposed  by  the  Government  to  promote traditional weaving in the country for the welfare of the traditional tribal weavers; and

(d) the funds allocated and utilized in this regard during each of the last three years and the current year?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR TRIBAL AFFAIRS (SMT. RENUKA SINGH SARUTA)

(a) & (b): As per 3 rd Handloom Census (2009-10), there were 6,96,932 scheduled tribe weavers in the country.  State/UT-wise details are given at Annexure.

(c):  The  Office  of  the  Development  Commissioner  for  Handlooms  is  implementing following  schemes  for  development  of  handlooms  and  welfare  of  weavers,  including tribal weavers of 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.

- (d): Details  of  funds  allocated  and  released/utilised  in  the  last  three  years  and  the current year under the Tribal Sub Scheme under the above schemes are as under:-

|   S.No. | Year                    |   Funds allocated (Rs. in crore) |   Funds released/ utilised (Rs. in crore) |
|---------|-------------------------|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|       1 | 2016-17 to 2018-19 (RE) |                           108.52 |                                     96.33 |
|       2 | 2019-20 (BE)*           |                            48.24 |                                      7.18 |

Details  of  overall  funds  allocated  and  released/utilised,  scheme  wise,  in  the  last  three years and the current year are given below:

(Rs. in crore)

BE-Budget Estimates; RE-Revised Estimates

|        |                                                   | 2016-17              | 2016-17                  | 2017-18              | 2017-18                  | 2018-19              | 2018-19                  | 2019-20              | 2019-20                  |
|--------|---------------------------------------------------|----------------------|--------------------------|----------------------|--------------------------|----------------------|--------------------------|----------------------|--------------------------|
| S. No. | Name of scheme                                    | Funds allocated (RE) | Funds released/ utilised | Funds allocated (RE) | Funds released/ utilised | Funds allocated (RE) | Funds released/ utilised | Funds allocated (BE) | Funds released/ utilised |
| 1      | National Handloom Development Programme           | 167.53               | 153.56                   | 140.24               | 135.05                   | 138.53               | 119.72                   | 135                  | 9.86                     |
| 2      | Comprehensive Handloom Cluster Development Scheme | 50                   | 40.11                    | 32.5                 | 31.82                    | 21.5                 | 16.38                    | 40                   | 0.45                     |
| 3      | Handloom Weavers' Comprehensive Welfare Scheme    | 26.56                | 26.56                    | 25                   | 24.98                    | 10.05                | 2.06                     | 20                   | 3.17                     |
| 4      | Yarn Supply Scheme                                | 261.5                | 261.35                   | 200                  | 199.84                   | 155.41               | 126.84                   | 195                  | 21.91                    |
|        | Total                                             | 505.59               | 481.58                   | 397.74               | 391.69                   | 325.49               | 265.00                   | 390.00               | 35.39                    |

Annexure  referred  to  in  reply  to  parts  (a)  to  (b)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred Question No. 4771 for 22.07.2019 regarding 'Traditional Weaving Practices in Tribal Areas'

State-wise Scheduled Tribe Weavers as per 3 rd Handloom Census (2009-10)

| S. No.   | State /UT         | Scheduled Tribe (ST) weavers   |
|----------|-------------------|--------------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh *  | 1569                           |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh | 25252                          |
| 3        | Assam             | 365228                         |
| 4        | Bihar             | 785                            |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh      | 111                            |
| 6        | Delhi             | 17                             |
| 7        | Gujarat           | 421                            |
| 8        | Haryana           | 294                            |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh  | 355                            |
| 10       | Jammu and Kashmir | 272                            |
| 11       | Jharkhand         | 199                            |
| 12       | Karanataka        | 1647                           |
| 13       | Kerala            | 26                             |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh    | 468                            |
| 15       | Maharashtra       | 612                            |
| 16       | Manipur           | 44011                          |
| 17       | Meghalaya         | 12482                          |
| 18       | Mizoram           | 40184                          |
| 19       | Nagaland          | 64490                          |
| 20       | Odisha            | 2954                           |
| 21       | Puducherry        | 0                              |
| 22       | Punjab            | 437                            |
| 23       | Rajasthan         | 267                            |
| 24       | Sikkim            | 317                            |
| 25       | Tamil Nadu        | 4193                           |
| 26       | Tripura           | 122672                         |
| 27       | Uttar Pradesh     | 1956                           |
| 28       | Uttarakhand       | 1263                           |
| 29       | West Bengal       | 4450                           |
|          | Total             | 6,96,932                       |