Lok Sabha Question No. 775 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-23
Subject: Skill Training to Weavers
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: Nayab Singh, Gajendra Singh Patel, Sanjay Bhatia

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 775 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.07.2021

## SKILL TRAINING TO WEAVERS

## 775.  SHRI NAYAB SINGH: SHRI GAJENDRA SINGH PATEL: SHRI SANJAY BHATIA:

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

- (a) whether the Government has prepared any scheme for providing training to weavers under modern skill training programme;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  the  number  of  weavers  imparted  skill  training  during  the  last  three  years,  State-wise  including Haryana and Madhya Pradesh; and
- (d) the names of the institutes with which contract has been signed for imparting skill training?

## उत्तर

ANSWER

## वस्त्र राज् यमंत्री ( श्रीमती दर्शना जरदोर् )

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

(a) to (d): Skill upgradation is a continuous process.  Need-based skill upgradation programmes for handloom workers in technical areas viz. weaving, dyeing, designing, etc. were earlier conducted under National Handloom Development Programme (NHDP), Comprehensive Handloom Cluster Development Scheme (CHCDS) and are now under SAMARTH- Capacity Building in Textile Sector. Training  programmes  for  handloom  workers  are  conducted  through  28  Weavers'  Service  Centres (WSCs) functioning in the country under administrative control of Ministry of Textiles. List of WSCs and State-wise details of handloom workers imparted skill upgradation training including in Haryana and Madhya Pradesh, from FY 2018-19 to FY 2020-21 are annexed as Annexure-A and Annexure-B respectively.

| Annexure-A State-wise details of handloom workers imparted skill upgradation training during last three years (2018-19 to   | Annexure-A State-wise details of handloom workers imparted skill upgradation training during last three years (2018-19 to   | Annexure-A State-wise details of handloom workers imparted skill upgradation training during last three years (2018-19 to   |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S. No.                                                                                                                      | State                                                                                                                       | 2020-21) Number of weavers imparted skill training                                                                          |
| 1                                                                                                                           | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                                              | 2460                                                                                                                        |
| 2                                                                                                                           | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                                                           | 380                                                                                                                         |
| 4                                                                                                                           | Assam                                                                                                                       | 623                                                                                                                         |
| 5                                                                                                                           | Bihar                                                                                                                       | 747                                                                                                                         |
| 6                                                                                                                           | Chhattisgarh                                                                                                                | 120                                                                                                                         |
| 8                                                                                                                           | Gujarat                                                                                                                     | 240                                                                                                                         |
| 9                                                                                                                           | Himachal Pradesh                                                                                                            | 538                                                                                                                         |
| 10                                                                                                                          | Haryana                                                                                                                     | 60                                                                                                                          |
| 11                                                                                                                          | Jammu &Kashmir                                                                                                              | 530                                                                                                                         |
| 12                                                                                                                          | Jharkhand                                                                                                                   | 140                                                                                                                         |
| 13                                                                                                                          | Karnataka                                                                                                                   | 480                                                                                                                         |
| 14                                                                                                                          | Kerala                                                                                                                      | 678                                                                                                                         |
| 15                                                                                                                          | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                                              | 73                                                                                                                          |
| 16                                                                                                                          | Maharashtra                                                                                                                 | 387                                                                                                                         |
| 17                                                                                                                          | Manipur                                                                                                                     | 80                                                                                                                          |
| 18                                                                                                                          | Mizoram                                                                                                                     | 156                                                                                                                         |
| 19                                                                                                                          | Odisha                                                                                                                      | 1369                                                                                                                        |
| 20                                                                                                                          | Punjab                                                                                                                      | 20                                                                                                                          |
| 21                                                                                                                          | Rajasthan                                                                                                                   | 60                                                                                                                          |
| 22                                                                                                                          | Tamil Nadu                                                                                                                  | 1958                                                                                                                        |
| 23                                                                                                                          | Telangana                                                                                                                   | 140                                                                                                                         |
| 24                                                                                                                          | Tripura                                                                                                                     | 60                                                                                                                          |
| 25                                                                                                                          | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                                               | 2098                                                                                                                        |
| 26                                                                                                                          | Uttarakhand                                                                                                                 | 117                                                                                                                         |
| 27                                                                                                                          | West Bengal                                                                                                                 | 413                                                                                                                         |
|                                                                                                                             | Total                                                                                                                       | 13927                                                                                                                       |

| List of Weavers' Service Centres(WSCs)   | List of Weavers' Service Centres(WSCs)   | List of Weavers' Service Centres(WSCs)   |
|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
| S. No.                                   | State/UTs                                | Location of Weavers' Service Centres     |
| 1                                        | Andhra Pradesh                           | Vijayawada                               |
| 2                                        | Assam                                    | Guwahati                                 |
| 3                                        | Bihar                                    | Bhagalpur                                |
| 4                                        | Chhattisgarh                             | Raigarh                                  |
| 5                                        | Delhi                                    | Delhi                                    |
| 5                                        | Himachal Pradesh                         | Extension Centre of Delhi at Kullu       |
| 6                                        | Gujarat                                  | Ahmedabad                                |
| 7                                        | Haryana                                  | Panipat                                  |
| 8                                        | Jammu &Kashmir                           | Srinagar                                 |
| 9                                        | Jharkhand                                | Ranchi                                   |
| 10                                       | Karnataka                                | Bengaluru                                |
| 11                                       | Kerala                                   | Kannur                                   |
| 12                                       | Maharashtra                              | Mumbai                                   |
| 13                                       |                                          | Nagpur                                   |
| 14                                       | Madhya Pradesh                           | Indore                                   |
| 15                                       | Manipur                                  | Imphal                                   |
| 16                                       | Mizoram                                  | Aizawl                                   |
| 17                                       | Nagaland                                 | Dimapur                                  |
| 18                                       | Odisha                                   | Bhubaneswar                              |
| 19                                       | Rajasthan                                | Jaipur                                   |
| 20                                       | Uttar Pradesh                            | Varanasi                                 |
| 21                                       |                                          | Meerut                                   |
| 22                                       | Uttarakhand                              | Chamoli                                  |
| 23                                       | Tamil Nadu                               | Chennai                                  |
| 24                                       | Tamil Nadu                               | Salem                                    |
| 25                                       |                                          | Kancheepuram                             |
| 26                                       | Telangana                                | Hyderabad                                |
| 27                                       | Tripura                                  | Agartala                                 |
| 28                                       | West Bengal                              | Kolkata                                  |