Lok Sabha Question No. 4396 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-20
Subject: Export Promotion Council for Handicrafts
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: Sumedhanand Saraswati, Pratima Bhoumik

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4396 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.03.2020

## EXPORT PROMOTION COUNCIL FOR HANDICRAFTS

## 4396.   SHRI SUMEDHANAND SARASWATI: MS. PRATIMA BHOUMIK:

## Will the Minister of TEXTILES वस्त्र मंत्री

be pleased to state :

- (a) the plan chalked out by the Export Promotion Council for Handicrafts to promote export and branding of handicraft products across the world and in the country, State-wise including Rajasthan;.

(b) the total number of institutions and artisans linked to Export Promotion Council for Handicrafts in the country, Statewise including Rajasthan;

(c)  the  total  funds  allocated  and  spent  on  organising  fair,  exhibitions,  seminars  to  promote  exports  during  the  last  three years;

- (d) whether the contribution of India in global handicraft export market is only five per cent; and
- (e) if so, the plan of Export Promotion Council for Handicrafts to enhance the export contribution in global market?

## उत्तर

## ANSWER

## वस्त्र मंत्री ( श्रीमती स्मृतत ज़ूबिन इरानी )

MINISTER OF TEXTILES (SMT. SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

(a): Yes Sir, Export Promotion Council for Handicrafts has initiated various export promotion programmes on PAN India basis.  The brief of the same is as follows:-

- i. Marketing support to handicrafts exporter members: To provide marketing support to handicrafts exporters, Indian Handicrafts & Gift Fair (IHGF) is organized twice a year (autumn and spring editions). The statewise participation in last two handicrafts fairs is at Annexure-A. In addition to this EPCH also participates in more than 21 international fairs/exhibition at United States of America (USA), Europe, Latin America & Caribbean  Countries  (LAC),  Common  Wealth  of  Independent  States(CIS),  Australia,  Japan,  Hong  Kong and China along with Exporter Members.
- ii. Seminars  and  workshops: To  create  an  environment  of  awareness  amongst  member  exporter,  various Seminar/ Workshops on Export Marketing, Procedures and Documentation, Packaging, Quality Compliances, GST, Foreign Trade Policy (FTP), Design Development, Trend & forecast, Open House etc. interaction with Central and State Govt. and various other similar programmes are organized. The state-wise list of seminars and workshops organized in 2018-19 is at Annexure-B .
- iii. Publicity  and  promotion:  in  order  to  create  awareness  and  promotion  of  Indian  Handicrafts  in  overseas markets,  vigorous  promotion  and  publicity  campaign  through  print,  electronic,  web,  social  media  and outdoor are undertaken.
- iv. Infrastructure  projects: To  enhance  the  capacity  of  handicrafts manufacturing  the  following  infrastructure project has been completed by EPCH:
5.  Common Facility Center wood seasoning plant at Saharanpur
6.  Resource-cum-facilitation Centre at Moradabad
7.  International Lace Trade Centre at Narsapur
8.  Handicrafts Productivity Centre and Testing Lab, Jaipur
9.  Trade Facilitation Centre at Jodhpur

(b): A total of 9407 handicrafts exporters on PAN India basis are registered with the Council.  The State-wise list is enclosed at Annexure-C as its members.

- (c): The total funds allocated and spent activity-wise during last three years is at Annexure D .
- (d): Indian handicrafts share in the global exports of handicrafts is estimated to less than 2% as per the study conducted more than a decade ago.
- (e): As replied above at (a). The initiatives undertaken above at (a) by EPCH are to be continued and scaled up with more number of promotional and marketing activities  in order to enhance export share in global market.

Annexure referred  to in reply to part (a)  point (i) of Lok Sabha  Unstarred question  No. 4396 to be answered on 20.03.2020

Annexure - A

## STATE-WISE LIST OF PARTICIPATION IN LAST TWO HANDICRAFTS FAIRS

| STATE            |   SPRING 2019 |   AUTUMN 2019 |
|------------------|---------------|---------------|
| ANDHRA PRADESH   |             9 |             7 |
| ASSAM            |             1 |             0 |
| CHHATTISGARH     |             2 |             2 |
| DELHI            |           367 |           338 |
| GUJARAT          |             7 |             6 |
| HARYANA          |           108 |           142 |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH |             1 |             1 |
| JAMMU &KASHMIR   |            15 |             7 |
| JHARKHAND        |             1 |             1 |
| KARNATAKA        |            17 |            11 |
| KERALA           |            17 |            21 |
| MADHYAPRADESH    |             5 |             9 |
| MAHARASHTRA      |            37 |            39 |
| NAGALAND         |             1 |             1 |
| PUDUCHERRY       |             1 |             0 |
| PUNJAB           |            13 |            10 |
| RAJASTHAN        |           551 |           554 |
| TAMIL NADU       |            29 |            41 |
| TELANGANA        |             0 |             1 |
| UTTAR PRADESH    |           985 |           981 |
| UTTRAKHAND       |             9 |             9 |
| WEST BENGAL      |            56 |            36 |
| TOTAL            |          2232 |          2217 |

Annexure referred  to in reply to part (a)   point (ii) of Lok Sabha  Unstarred question

No. 4396 to be answered on 20.03.2020 Annexure - B

State-wise list of seminars and workshop held during 2018-19

| STATE         |   NUMBER OF SEMINAR |
|---------------|---------------------|
| DELHI         |                  15 |
| UTTAR PRADESH |                  39 |
| MAHARASHTRA   |                  15 |
| KARNATAKA     |                  13 |
| RAJASTHAN     |                  18 |
| ANDHRA PRADEH |                  10 |
| WEST BENGAL   |                   9 |
| MADHYAPRADESH |                   1 |
| TAMILNADU     |                   1 |
| GUJARAT       |                   1 |
| GOA           |                   1 |
| TOTAL         |                 123 |

## State-wise list of exporter member of EPCH

Annexure - C

| State          | (till 16.03.2020)   |   Total Registered Members |
|----------------|---------------------|----------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh | Andhra Pradesh      |                         29 |
| Assam          | Assam               |                         16 |
| Bihar          | Bihar               |                          8 |
| Chandigarh     | Chandigarh          |                          4 |
| Chhattisgarh   | Chhattisgarh        |                          8 |
| Delhi          | Delhi               |                       2046 |
| Goa            | Goa                 |                          1 |
| Gujrat         | Gujrat              |                         81 |
| Haryana        | Haryana             |                        491 |
| Himachal       | Himachal            |                          9 |
| Jammu Kashmir  | Jammu Kashmir       |                         70 |
| Jharkhand      | Jharkhand           |                          4 |
| Karnataka      | Karnataka           |                        179 |
| Kerala         | Kerala              |                         63 |
| Madhya Pradesh | Madhya Pradesh      |                         34 |
| Maharashtra    | Maharashtra         |                        405 |
| Manipur        | Manipur             |                          4 |
| Nagaland       | Nagaland            |                          3 |
| Orissa         | Orissa              |                         14 |
| Puducherry     | Puducherry          |                         12 |
| Punjab         | Punjab              |                         80 |
| Rajasthan      | Rajasthan           |                       1687 |
| Sikkim         | Sikkim              |                          1 |
| Tamilnadu      | Tamilnadu           |                        278 |
| Telengana      | Telengana           |                         14 |
| Tripura        | Tripura             |                          2 |
| Uttarakhand    | Uttarakhand         |                         77 |
| Uttarpradesh   | Uttarpradesh        |                       3458 |
| West bengal    | West bengal         |                        329 |
| TOTAL MEMBBERS | TOTAL MEMBBERS      |                       9407 |

Annexure referred  to in reply to part (c)   of Lok Sabha  Unstarred question  No. 4396 to be answered on 20.03.2020

Annexure- D

Statement of Fund Allocated and spent on Fair & Exhibition and workshop & Seminar undertaken by the Council

(Rs. In lakh)

| Year             | Fund allocated for Fair& Exhibition   | Actual expenditure   |   Fund allocated &spent on Workshop &Seminar |   Actual expenditure |
|------------------|---------------------------------------|----------------------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------|
| 2018-19          | 1,712.77 8296.18                      |                      |                                        26.1  |                78.67 |
| 2017-18 1,674.19 |                                       | 7809.71              |                                       119.72 |               136.01 |
| 2016-17          | 1,190.24                              | 7165.18              |                                       109.93 |               352.51 |