Lok Sabha Question No. 3794 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-23
Subject: SFURTI in Andhra Pradesh
Ministry: MICRO,SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
Asked by: Jayadev Galla

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3794 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.03.2023

## SFURTI IN ANDHRA PRADESH

## 3794. SHRI JAYADEV GALLA:

Will the Minister of MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES be pleased to state:

- (a) the details and number of clusters out of 266 clusters under implementation under Scheme of  Fund  for  Regeneration  of  Traditional  Industries  (SFURTI)  that  exceeded  the  mandated  time limit of 12/18 months;
- (b) whether any study has been conducted to assess the tangible improvement in wages/profits of the beneficiaries due to SFURTI;
- (c) if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  wage  improvement  classified  under  the  scheme cluster/ industry-wise;
- (d) the details of the hard and soft infrastructure installed after fund approval in the State of Andhra Pradesh, cluster-wise;
- (e) whether data has been maintained separately for rural and urban beneficiaries for the said State and if so, the details thereof, cluster-wise; and
- (f) whether data has been maintained regarding soft intervention and if so, the details thereof, cluster-wise along with the outcomes achieved through the soft interventions?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (SHRI BHANU PRATAP SINGH VERMA)

- (a): As on date, 281 clusters have become functional. The details of clusters that exceeded the mandated time limit of 12/18 months is placed at Annexure-I.
- (b) & (c): An exercise was undertaken through Nodal Agencies (NA) in September, 2022 to gather  the  data  regarding  improvement  in  artisans'  income.  As  per  the  data  submitted  for  213 clusters there was an overall 83% increase in income of artisans as compared to pre-intervention period. The Sector-wise details are placed at Annexure-II.
- (d): As on date, 16 clusters have been approved in the State of Andhra Pradesh with a total Govt. of India assistance of ₹3731.56 Lakhs towards Hard Intervention and ₹327.35 towards Soft Intervention.
- (e): No Sir. The urban-rural beneficiary data is not collected separately.
- (f): As per the funding pattern of the scheme, financial limit for Govt. of India assistance for Soft Interventions is 10% of the amount of Hard Interventions or ₹ 25 lakhs, whichever is less. Soft  interventions  includes  activities  including  general  awareness,  counselling,  motivation  and trust building, skill development and capacity building, institution development, exposure visits, market  promotion  initiatives,  workshops,  and  training  programmes  etc.  Since  soft  intervention activities are project specific the data is maintained at Nodal Agency level.

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Annexure-I

## Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3794 due for reply on 23.03.2023

| S. No.   | Financial Year   |   Number of Clusters Approved |   Number of Clusters made functional. |   Number of Clusters exceeded the mandated timeline |
|----------|------------------|-------------------------------|---------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
| 1        | 2015-16          |                            29 |                                    28 |                                                   1 |
| 2        | 2016-17          |                            38 |                                    35 |                                                   3 |
| 3        | 2017-18          |                             2 |                                     2 |                                                   0 |
| 4        | 2018-19          |                            64 |                                    41 |                                                  23 |
| 5        | 2019-20          |                           157 |                                   114 |                                                  13 |
| 6        | 2020-21          |                           107 |                                    47 |                                                  60 |
| 7        | 2021-22          |                           101 |                                    14 |                                                  22 |
| Total    | Total            |                           498 |                                   281 |                                                 122 |

Annexure-II Annexure referred to in reply to part (b) & (c) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3794 due for reply on 23.03.2023

| Details of sector wise increase in income in respect of functional clusters under SFURTI as compared to pre-intervention period.   | Details of sector wise increase in income in respect of functional clusters under SFURTI as compared to pre-intervention period.   | Details of sector wise increase in income in respect of functional clusters under SFURTI as compared to pre-intervention period.   |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sector                                                                                                                             | Number of Cluster                                                                                                                  | Change in Artisan Income                                                                                                           |
| Agro                                                                                                                               | 38                                                                                                                                 | 89%                                                                                                                                |
| Bamboo                                                                                                                             | 17                                                                                                                                 | 88%                                                                                                                                |
| Coir                                                                                                                               | 16                                                                                                                                 | 89%                                                                                                                                |
| Handicraft                                                                                                                         | 57                                                                                                                                 | 83%                                                                                                                                |
| Honey                                                                                                                              | 3                                                                                                                                  | 93%                                                                                                                                |
| Khadi                                                                                                                              | 3                                                                                                                                  | 62%                                                                                                                                |
| Textile                                                                                                                            | 79                                                                                                                                 | 68%                                                                                                                                |