Lok Sabha Question No. 781 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-23
Subject: Promotion of Indian Handicrafts Globally
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: Raju Bista

## 781. SHRI RAJU BISTA:

## Will the Minister of TEXTILES वस्त्र मंत्री

be pleased to state :

(a) the steps taken by the Government to promote Indian Handicrafts globally;

(b) the assistance extended to support and promote handicrafts, State/UT-wise and scheme-wise;

(c) whether the Ministry has taken any steps towards identifying and supporting skilled artisans, if so, the details thereof;

(d)  whether there are any platforms/networks for artisans to connect and help each other and if so, the details thereof; and

(e) the details of capacity building and/or support provided to handicraft artisans from the Districts of Darjeeling, Kalimpong and North Dinajpur from 2015 till date?

## उत्तर

## ANSWER

## वस्त्र राज् यमंत्री ( श्रीमती दर्शना जरदोर् )

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF TEXTILES (SMT. DARSHANA JARDOSH)

(a), (c) & (d): Office of Development Commissioner (Handicrafts) implements various schemes for promotion and development of handicraft sectors and artisans through 'National Handicraft Development Programme (NHDP) ' and Comprehensive Handicrafts Cluster Development Scheme (CHCDS) to emphasize integrated approach for development of handicraft in a holistic manner and provide sustainable livelihood opportunities to the  artisans.  In  addition,  artisans  also  can  connect  and  help  each  other  in  the  various  programmes  of  DC (Handicrafts) as common platform.

## The NHDP has following components:

- (i) Base Line Survey & Mobilization of Artisans under Ambedkar Hastshilp Vikas Yojana,
- (ii) Design & Technology Up gradation,
- (iii) Human Resource Development,
- (iv) Direct Benefit to Artisans,
- (v) Infrastructure and Technology Support,
- (vi) Research and Development,
- (vii) Marketing Support & Services.

## The CHCDS has following components:

- (i) Mega Cluster.
- (ii) Special projects under Integrated Development and Promotion of Handicraft (IDPH).

(b): The  details  of  the  assistance  extended  to  support  and  promote  handicraft  artisans  is  annexed  at Annexure-I.

(e) : Rs. 32.71 lacs have been sanctioned for capacity building in the district Darjeeling, Kalimpong and North Dinajpur and 319.08 lacs has also been sanctioned for providing marketing support to handicraft artisans from the state of West Bengal including the artisans from the said districts under NHDP schemes.

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 781 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.07.2021

## PROMOTION OF INDIAN HANDICRAFTS GLOBALLY

Annexure-I Annexure referred to the reply of part (b) of Lok Sabha admitted Unstateed Question No. 781 to

## be answered on 23.07.2021

## State- wise Assistance extended under NHDP & CHCDS schemes from 2015-16 to 30 th

June 2021. (Rs. In Lakhs)

|   Sl no. | States            |     NHDP | CHCDS   |    Total |
|----------|-------------------|----------|---------|----------|
|        1 | A &NIslands       |   279.91 | -       |   279.91 |
|        2 | Andhra Pradesh    |  2260.1  | 2838.31 |  5098.41 |
|        3 | Arunachal Pradesh |   367.81 | -       |   367.81 |
|        4 | Assam             |  4355.76 | -       |  4355.76 |
|        5 | Bihar             |  1446.33 | 1130.33 |  2576.66 |
|        6 | Chandigarh        |   229.43 | -       |   229.43 |
|        7 | Chhattisgarh      |  1143.22 | -       |  1143.22 |
|        8 | Daman and Diu     |     8.5  | -       |     8.5  |
|        9 | Delhi             | 12832    | -       | 12832    |
|       10 | Goa               |   115.56 | -       |   115.56 |
|       11 | Gujarat           |  3361.3  | 308.33  |  3669.63 |
|       12 | Haryana           |  1014.56 | -       |  1014.56 |
|       13 | Himachal Pradesh  |  2000.88 | 632.82  |  2633.7  |
|       14 | Jammu and Kashmir |  1405.42 | 3114.83 |  4520.25 |
|       15 | Jharkhand         |  1114.79 | 1500.00 |  2614.79 |
|       16 | Karnataka         |   923.05 | 173.49  |  1096.54 |
|       17 | Kerala            |   984.92 | 909.00  |  1893.92 |
|       18 | Ladakh            |    48.63 | -       |    48.63 |
|       19 | Madhya Pradesh    |  2137.6  | 1573.52 |  3711.12 |
|       20 | Maharashtra       |  2681    | -       |  2681    |
|       21 | Manipur           |  1423.1  | 175.27  |  1598.37 |
|       22 | Meghalaya         |  1574.64 | -       |  1574.64 |
|       23 | Mizoram           |   283.05 | -       |   283.05 |
|       24 | Nagaland          |   646.2  | -       |   646.2  |
|       25 | Odisha            |  1469.17 | -       |  1469.17 |
|       26 | Puducherry        |  1590.34 | -       |  1590.34 |
|       27 | Punjab            |  2138.27 | -       |  2138.27 |
|       28 | Rajasthan         |  1846.77 | 4048.29 |  5895.06 |
|       29 | Sikkim            |  1575.42 | -       |  1575.42 |
|       30 | Tamil Nadu        |   846.61 | 1019.23 |  1865.84 |
|       31 | Telangana         |  1873.99 | 675.37  |  2549.36 |
|       32 | Tripura           |   472.75 | -       |   472.75 |
|       33 | Uttar Pradesh     |  6603.26 | 5161.77 | 11765    |
|       34 | Uttarakhand       |  3714.63 | 1012.50 |  4727.13 |
|       35 | West Bengal       |  1228.88 | -       |  1228.88 |