Lok Sabha Question No. 4995 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-25
Subject: Promotion of Coir Industries
Ministry: MICRO,SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
Asked by: Maneka Sanjay Gandhi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4995 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25.03.2021

## PROMOTION OF COIR INDUSTRIES

4995             SHRIMATI MANEKA SANJAY GANDHI:

Will the Minister of MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES be please to state :

- (a) whether  the  Government  is  implementing  any  scheme/project  for  setting  up  and promotion of coir industries in the non-traditional areas in the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the funds released under these schemes to various States during the last three years and the current year;
- (c) whether  any  strategies  have  been  framed  for  enhancing  the  skills  upgradation  and quality improvement for the youths in the country to open avenues for them in coir industries;
- (d) if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) whether any package has been provided by the Government for the development of coir industries in the country and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (SHRI NITIN GADKARI)

- (a): Coir Board is implementing Skill upgradation and Mahila Coir Yojana schemes for promotion and development of coir industry in the country including non-traditional areas. In addition, the scheme viz. Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) is also implementing in Coir Board.
- (b): Details of funds released under Skill upgradation and Mahila Coir Yojana scheme to different States during the last three years and current year are as follows:

(Rs. in lakhs)

|   SI. No. | State      |   2017-18 (Actual Expenditure) |   2018-19 (Actual Expenditure) |   2019-20 (Actual Expenditure) |   2020-21 (Released) |
|-----------|------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|----------------------|
|         1 | Tamil Nadu |                         194.55 |                         200.53 |                          59.66 |                93.72 |
|         2 | A &NIsland |                           6.74 |                          15.03 |                          20.84 |                26.56 |
|         3 | Karnataka  |                          22.97 |                          21.01 |                          39.01 |                66.86 |
|         4 | Gujarat    |                           2.21 |                          16.38 |                          39.01 |                66.86 |
|         5 | Goa        |                           0.26 |                          11.4  |                          26.54 |                66.86 |

| 6.   | Maharashtra    |   6.38 |   26.86 |        |   55.3 |
|------|----------------|--------|---------|--------|--------|
| 7.   | Andhra Pradesh |  15.43 |   19.45 |  35.27 |  57.77 |
| 8.   | Hyderabad      |   2.55 |    7.46 |  17.89 |  20.12 |
| 9.   | Odisha         |  13.06 |   25.36 |  37.6  |  48.29 |
| 10.  | Kerala         |  38.33 |   88.44 |  95.69 | 139.75 |
| 11.  | Lakshadweep    |   2.19 |   11.35 |  15.71 |  23.54 |
| 12.  | NER            |  21.1  |   82.37 |  73.45 | 106.7  |
| 13.  | West Bengal    |   4.12 |   27.85 |  22.34 |  30.86 |
|      | Total          | 329.89 |  553.49 | 444    | 669.47 |

The PMEGP scheme commenced during the year 2018-19.  The funds released under PMEGP scheme in coir sector through KVIC, the Nodal Agency for PMEGP, for the last two years and current year are as follows:

(Rs. in lakhs)

| Year    |   Amount |
|---------|----------|
| 2018-19 |    62.3  |
| 2019-20 |   241.97 |
| 2020-21 |   582.41 |

(c) & (d): Under  the  scheme  viz.  'Skill  upgradation  and  Mahila  Coir  Yojana',  Value Added  Product  Manufacturing  training,  Mahila  Coir  Yojana  training,  Entrepreneurship Development Programme, Workshop, Seminar, Awareness Programme, Exposure Tour etc. are  provided  to  the  entrepreneurs/coir  artisans/youth  for  upgrading  their  skills  in  the  coir sector.

(e): The Promotion of export of coir is one of the major activities of Coir Board.  The Coir Board  is  granting  financial  assistance  to  the  coir  units  in  the  MSME  sector  under  the International  Co-operation  Scheme  of  the  Ministry  of  MSME  with  the  objective  of encouraging the MSMEs to enter into global market and to expand the export of Indian coir products. Ministry is also implementing a scheme titled 'Scheme of Fund for Regeneration of Traditional Industries (SFURTI)'.

The scheme organize the traditional industries and artisans into clusters to make them competitive by providing support for their long term sustainability and to provide sustained employment for traditional industry artisans and  rural entrepreneurs. As on 23.03.2021, 41 Coir  clusters  have  been  approved  under  SFURTI  Scheme  and  19  clusters  have  become functional.

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