Lok Sabha Question No. 457 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-19
Subject: Minimum Earning of Handloom Workers
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: RABINDRA KUMAR JENA

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 19.07.2018

## MINIMUM EARNING OF HANDLOOM WORKERS

## 457 SHRI RABINDRA KUMAR JENA:

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

- a) the  latest  data  on  minimum  wage  or  earnings  of  handloom  workers earned per day, State-wise;
- b) whether the Government has taken measures to improve access to credit for handloom weavers and handloom companies; and
- c) if so, the details thereof?

## उत्तर ANSWER वस्त्र मंरी ( श्री अज )

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

(a): Handloom weaving, being mainly a household activity, does not appear in  the  schedule  of  Minimum  Wages  Act.  According  to  the  third  handloom census  2009-10,  average  earning  of  handloom  households  State-  wise  is enclosed in Annexure I.

(b) & (c): To improve the access to credit for handloom weavers, Concessional  Credit/  Weavers  MUDRA  Scheme  under  National  Handloom Development  Proramme  (NHDP)  is  being  implemented.  Under  the  scheme, loans are provided at concessional interest rate of 6% for a period of three years. Margin  money  assistance  @  20%  of  loan  amount  subject  to  a  maximum  of Rs.10,000/- per  weaver and credit guarantee for a period of three years is also provided.

## Annexure 1

## Average Earning of Handloom Households (Rs./Annum, 2009-10)

| State             | All Households   | Weaver Households   | Allied Households   |
|-------------------|------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh    | 28,305           | 30,054              | 22,975              |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 57,232           | 58,761              | 56,623              |
| Assam             | 40,343           | 40,595              | 36,654              |
| Bihar             | 23,903           | 24,810              | 23,211              |
| Chhattisgarh      | 16,959           | 17,240              | 15,557              |
| Delhi             | 39,697           | 44,204              | 29,685              |
| Gujarat           | 37,289           | 36,979              | 38,936              |
| Haryana           | 40,896           | 40,877              | 40,999              |
| Himachal Pradesh  | 26,539           | 28,050              | 17,278              |
| J&K               | 43,285           | 36,619              | 47,504              |
| Jharkhand         | 17,967           | 19,452              | 15,650              |
| Karnataka         | 24,897           | 25,933              | 21,400              |
| Kerala            | 39,991           | 41,198              | 34,496              |
| Madhya Pradesh    | 29,543           | 31,208              | 26,346              |
| Maharashtra       | 38,366           | 38,603              | 37,529              |
| Manipur           | 56,261           | 56,188              | 64,486              |
| Meghalaya         | 39,418           | 40,024              | 33,094              |
| Mizoram           | 43,973           | 44,079              | 36,569              |
| Nagaland          | 57,208           | 56,963              | 57,352              |
| Orissa            | 29,782           | 30,313              | 27,623              |
| Puducherry        | 24,327           | 24,624              | 22,872              |
| Punjab            | 10,701           | 11,098              | 10,492              |
| Rajasthan         | 43,921           | 42,077              | 44,643              |
| Sikkim            | 34,235           | 34,160              | 21,714              |
| Tamil Nadu        | 24,181           | 24,707              | 20,841              |
| Tripura           | 38,299           | 38,450              | 32,902              |
| Uttar Pradesh     | 22,547           | 23,218              | 20,347              |
| Uttrakhand        | 18,433           | 16,153              | 20,729              |
| West Bengal       | 26,571           | 26,934              | 26,588              |
| All India Average | 36,498           | 37,704              | 29,300              |

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