Lok Sabha Question No. 2554 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-27
Subject: Textile and Handicraft Policy
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: SANKAR PRASAD DATTA

## TEXTILES AND HANDICRAFT POLICY

## 2554.   SHRI SANKAR PRASAD DATTA:

Will the Minister of TEXTILES वस्त्र मंरी be pleased to state:

(a) whether  the  Government  has  formulated  any  Textile  and  Handicraft  Policy  during  the  last three years and if so, the salient features thereof;

(b) whether the Government has set up  any textile and handicraft clusters  at  various  places  to boost textile and handicraft industries and if so, the details thereof;

(c) whether there is a big cloth/textile market in Agartala and Tripura cities;

(d) if  so,  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  boost  textile/cloth  industries  in  Agartala  and Tripura cities; and

(e) if so, the details thereof?

## उत्तर

## ANSWER वस्त्र राज्य मंरी ( श्री अजय टम्टा )

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR TEXTILES (SHRI AJAY TAMTA)

(a): Government  has  been  implementing  various  policy  initiatives  and  programmes  for development of textiles and handicrafts particularly for technology upgradation, infrastructure creation  and  skill  development.  These  include  Amended  Technology  Upgradation  Funds Scheme (ATUFS), PowerTex India Scheme, Scheme for Integrated Textile Parks, SAMARTHscheme  for  capacity  building  in  Textile  Sector,  Silk  Samagra-  integrated  silk  development scheme, North Eastern Region Textile Promotion Scheme (NERTPS), the National Handicraft Development Programme (NHDP) and the Comprehensive Handicrafts Cluster Development Scheme (CHCDS).   The Government has also launched a special package to boost investment, employment and exports in the garmenting and made-up sector.

(b) 429 handicraft clusters have been set up across the country including 5 such clusters in Tripura.  State-wise numbers of handicraft clusters are given in a statement at Annexure .

(c) to (e): The Government has set up  an Apparel and Garment Making Centre (consisting of 3  Units  each  installed  with  100  stitching  machineries)    at  Bodhjungnagar,  Agartala  under  the NERTPS at a  cost of Rs.18.18 crore.  Also  under the scheme, a Silk Printing Unit has been set up  at  Agartala  at  a  cost  of  Rs.3.71  crore  with  a  capacity  to  print  and  process  about  1.5  lakh meters  of  silk  fabric  per  annum.  To  promote  handloom  sector  in  Tripura,  Government sanctioned 3 Block Level Clusters with Rs. 4.28 crore, 44 marketing events with Rs.2.41 crore, 9 Mudra loans (Rs.3 lakh) and enrolled 9,367 weavers/artisans under Health Insurance Scheme and 2,718 weavers/artisans under Mahatma Gandhi Bunkar Bima Yojana.

## Annexure-1

## Annexure-1 is a reply to part (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.2554 for answer on 27.12.2018 regarding 'Textiles and Handicraft Policy'

## State-wise numbers of Handicraft Clusters

| S. No.   | States/UTs        |   No of Cluster (handicrafts) |
|----------|-------------------|-------------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    |                             1 |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh |                             2 |
| 3        | Assam             |                            67 |
| 4        | Bihar             |                             5 |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh      |                             6 |
| 6        | Delhi             |                             1 |
| 7        | Goa               |                             1 |
| 8        | Gujarat           |                            49 |
| 9        | Haryana           |                             2 |
| 10       | Himachal Pradesh  |                             4 |
| 11       | Jammu &Kashmir    |                            32 |
| 12       | Jharkhand         |                             3 |
| 13       | Kerala            |                             3 |
| 14       | Karnataka         |                             2 |
| 15       | Madhya Pradesh    |                            56 |
| 16       | Maharashtra       |                             7 |
| 17       | Manipur           |                            44 |
| 18       | Meghalaya         |                             1 |
| 19       | Mizoram           |                             3 |
| 20       | Nagaland          |                             7 |
| 21       | Odisha            |                            11 |
| 22       | Punjab            |                             5 |
| 23       | Tamil Nadu        |                             1 |
| 24       | Telangana         |                             6 |
| 25       | Tripura           |                             5 |
| 26       | Uttar Pradesh     |                            76 |
| 27       | Uttarakhand       |                             9 |
| 28       | West Bengal       |                             9 |
| 29       | Rajasthan         |                            11 |
|          | Total             |                           429 |

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