Lok Sabha Question No. 611 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-20
Subject: Craft Clusters
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: Poonamben Hematbhai Maadam

## CRAFT CLUSTERS

## 611. SHRIMATI POONAMBEN MAADAM:

## Will the Minister of TEXTILES वस्त्र मंत्री

be pleased to state :

(a) the number of craft clusters that are set up in the country, State/UT-wise;.

(b)  whether  these  craft  clusters  are  successful  in  facilitating  innovative  designs,  technologies  and capabilities for sustainable growth;

(c) if so, the details thereof;

(d)  whether  the  Government  is  planning  to  increase  the  number  of  operational  craft  clusters  in  the country including Gujarat and if so, the details thereof;

(e) the details of financial and other assistance provided/utilized in setting up of craft clusters during each of the last three years and the current year;

(f)  whether  the  Government  has  evaluated  the  sick  and  closed  down  clusters  and  their  financial conditions and if so, the details thereof; and

(g) the steps taken by the Government for improving the financial condition of the clusters?

## उत्तर

## ANSWER

## वस्त्र राज् य मंत्री ( श्रीमती दर्शना जरदोर् )

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR TEXTILES

## (SMT. DARSHANA JARDOSH)

(a) to (c): Yes Sir, under Ambedkar Hastshilp Vikas Yojana (AHVY), the Government has taken initiative  for    adoption  of    viable  craft  clusters  across  the  country  and  provision  of  need  based interventions  like  design  &  technology  upgradation,  marketing  platforms,  distribution  of  tool-kits, welfare  programmes,  seminar  and  awareness  camps.    Total  138  clusters  have  been  adopted  and developed in last three years by ensuring self-sustenance of the SHG/artisans of these clusters including Gujarat State. State wise number of beneficiaries covered under AHVY during the last three years is enclosed in Annexure-I.

(d) to (g): Yes  Sir. The  evaluations  have  been  done  across  the  country  to  assess  the  cluster activities.    As  per  recommendation  of  the  evaluation  report,  Govt.  organized  670  chaupals/shivirs  all over the country for providing aadhar link pahchan card, facilitating the artisans through MUDRA loan and for onboarding the artisans on the Government c-Marketing (GeM) portal and making them aware of  the  e-commerce  market.  Further,  the  revised  Ambedkar  Hastshilp  Vikas  Yojana  (AHVY)  Scheme considering  the  recommendation of Evaluation Report envisages taking up more viable craft clusters across the country covering SC, ST, Women, specially abled, tourism and export potential clusters. The Govt. is in the mode of forming producer companies now in various craft clusters across the country in view of increasing entrepreneurship and income of the artisans.

## Annexure refers to Part (a) to (e) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 611 for answer on 20 th July 2022

TOTAL NUMBER OF DIRECT BENEFICIARIES UNDER AHVY SCHEME (2019-2022)

|   Sr. No. | State             | Total Beneficiary   |
|-----------|-------------------|---------------------|
|         1 | A &NIslands       | 1,360               |
|         2 | Andhra Pradesh    | 5,546               |
|         3 | Arunachal Pradesh | 1,230               |
|         4 | Assam             | 11,020              |
|         5 | Bihar             | 4,386               |
|         6 | Chandigarh        | 60                  |
|         7 | Chhattisgarh      | 1,150               |
|         8 | Delhi             | 6,710               |
|         9 | Goa               | 1,100               |
|        10 | Gujarat           | 12,582              |
|        11 | Haryana           | 1,440               |
|        12 | Himachal Pradesh  | 2,306               |
|        13 | Jammu and Kashmir | 10,962              |
|        14 | Jharkhand         | 2,850               |
|        15 | Karnataka         | 4,880               |
|        16 | Kerala            | 4,700               |
|        17 | Ladakh            | 1,100               |
|        18 | Madhya Pradesh    | 7,310               |
|        19 | Maharashtra       | 8,960               |
|        20 | Manipur           | 8,596               |
|        21 | Meghalaya         | 2,476               |
|        22 | Mizoram           | 1,000               |
|        23 | Nagaland          | 1,930               |
|        24 | Odisha            | 5,666               |
|        25 | Puducherry        | 2,120               |
|        26 | Punjab            | 1,470               |
|        27 | Rajasthan         | 9,022               |
|        28 | Sikkim            | 1,260               |
|        29 | Tamil Nadu        | 7,012               |
|        30 | Telangana         | 2,780               |
|        31 | Tripura           | 2,380               |
|        32 | Uttar Pradesh     | 31,464              |
|        33 | Uttarakhand       | 2,470               |
|        34 | West Bengal       | 5,910               |