Lok Sabha Question No. 2065 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-12
Subject: Setting up of Handloom Clusters
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: Manne Srinivas Reddy

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2065 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.02.2021

## SETTING UP OF HANDLOOM CLUSTERS

## 2065. SHRI MANNE SRINIVAS REDDY:

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

(a) whether the Government proposes to set up handloom clusters to benefit weavers in the country;

(b) if so, the details thereof and progress made therein along with the funds sanctioned during the last three  years  including  the  current  year  as  on  date  State/  UT-wise  especially  Mahabubnagar  district  of Telangana; and

(c) the details and grounds under which proposals were accepted/rejected in this regard?

## उत्तर

ANSWER

## वस्त्र मंत्री ( श्रीमती स्मृतत ज़ूबिन इरानी )

MINISTER OF TEXTILES (SMT. SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

(a) to (c): The Government of India has been implementing Block Level Cluster, a component of National Handloom Development Programme (NHDP)  and Comprehensive Handloom Cluster Development  Scheme(CHCDS)  since  2015-16  for  holistic  &  integrated  development  of  handloom weavers  which  inter-alia  provides  financial  assistance  upto  Rs.2.00  crore  per  sanctioned  cluster  for implementation  of  various  interventions  such  as  Hathkargha  Samvardhan  Sahayata  (HSS),  product development,  construction  of  workshed,  project  management  cost,  design  development,  setting  up  of Common  Facility  Centre  (CFC),  etc.    Since  F.Y.  2015-16,  440  Block  Level  Clusters  have  been sanctioned in the country.

Block  level  clusters  are  sanctioned  based  on  the  viable  proposals  received  from  State  government concerned  as  per  the  extant  guidelines  of  the  scheme.    With  regard  to  Mahabubnagar  district  of Telangana, one cluster has been sanctioned covering 235 beneficiaries during 2016-17 with total cost of Rs.104.60 lakh comprising the Government  of India's share of Rs.102.50 lakh. Details of State/UT-wise  clusters  sanctioned,  funds  released  and  beneficiaries  covered  from  F.Y.  2015-16  to F.Y. 2020-21(till January 2021) are annexed.

## Statement referred in reply to Part (a) to (c) of Lok Sabha unstarred question No.2065 for answer on 12.02.2021

Statement showing State/UT-wise number of Bock Level Clusters Sanctioned, funds released and beneficiaries covered under National  Handloom  Development  Programme(NHDP)/  Comprehensive  Handloom  Cluster  Development  Scheme(CHCDS) from 2015-16 to 2020-21 (till January 2021)

| S. No.   | State/UT          |   No. of BLCs sanctioned |   Amount released (Rs.in crore) |   No. of Beneficiaries Covered |
|----------|-------------------|--------------------------|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    |                       54 |                           43.54 |                          33479 |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh |                       11 |                            3.65 |                           5283 |
| 3        | Assam             |                       59 |                           44.21 |                          52772 |
| 4        | Bihar             |                       13 |                            5.06 |                           5472 |
| 5        | Chhattishgarh     |                        9 |                            4.86 |                           3615 |
| 6        | Gujarat           |                        5 |                            1.23 |                            560 |
| 7        | Himachal Pradesh  |                       10 |                            3.25 |                           2576 |
| 8        | Jammu &Kashmir    |                       13 |                            5.23 |                           2953 |
| 9        | Jharkhand         |                       30 |                            9.66 |                          24143 |
| 10       | Karnataka         |                        7 |                            4.13 |                           2916 |
| 11       | Kerala            |                        6 |                            5.55 |                           2472 |
| 12       | Ladakh            |                        1 |                            0.07 |                            260 |
| 13       | Madhya Pradesh    |                        6 |                            2.97 |                           9603 |
| 14       | Maharashtra       |                        6 |                            2.26 |                           4336 |
| 15       | Manipur           |                       10 |                            9.23 |                          19195 |
| 16       | Meghalaya         |                        3 |                            1.81 |                           1102 |
| 17       | Mizoram           |                       10 |                            5.83 |                           3653 |
| 18       | Nagaland          |                       13 |                            5.94 |                          11230 |
| 19       | Orissa            |                       30 |                           16.18 |                          11016 |
| 20       | Rajasthan         |                        1 |                            0.37 |                            554 |
| 21       | Sikkim            |                        1 |                            0.44 |                             72 |
| 22       | Tamilnadu         |                       52 |                           38.45 |                          58268 |
| 23       | Telangana         |                        9 |                            3.06 |                           2811 |
| 24       | Tripura           |                        4 |                            2.02 |                           2350 |
| 25       | Uttar Pradesh     |                       48 |                           21.18 |                          15451 |
| 26       | Uttarakhand       |                        3 |                            0.75 |                           1116 |
| 27       | West Bengal       |                       26 |                           11.95 |                          27298 |
|          | Total             |                      440 |                          252.88 |                         304556 |