Lok Sabha Question No. 49 (STARRED), answered on 2021-12-01
Subject: Pehchan Yojana
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: Bidyut Baran Mahato, Subrata Pathak

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *49 TO BE ANSWERED ON 01.12.2021

## PEHCHAN YOJANA

- *49.  SHRI BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO: SHRI SUBRAT PATHAK:

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

- (a) the aims and objectives of 'Pehchan' yojana launched for registering handicraft artisans in the entire country in the year 2016;
- (b) the number of artisans registered under the said scheme so far, Sate-wise;
- (c) whether there is any provision to provide financial benefit/assistance to these registered handicraft artisans under the said scheme;
- (d) if so, the details thereof along with the number of artisans benefitted so far; and
- (e) the details of other steps taken/being taken by the Government to improve the financial position of artisans in the country?

## उत्तर

ANSWER

## वस्त्र मंत्री ( श्री पीयूष गोयल )

MINISTER OF TEXTILES (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

- (a) to (e):A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS  (a) to (e) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *49 FOR ANSWER ON 01.12.2021.

(a): PAHCHAN scheme was launched in  2016  to  provide  new  universal  identity  for  artisans  to facilitate the benefits of various schemes of Government of India to flow directly into their accounts. Aadhar linked Pahchan Cards are issued after due verification by field functionaries of Textile Ministry and concerned State Govt. agencies.  Only Pahchan card holders avail the benefits of all the schemes implemented by Office of Development Commissioner (Handicrafts).

(b): 27.80 lakhs handicrafts artisans across the country have been registered as on 31.10.2021.  The state-wise data of handicrafts artisans is annexed as Annexure-1.

(c)  to  (e): Yes  Sir,  the  Office  of  Development  Commissioner  (Handicrafts)  is  implementing  several schemes  for  the  welfare  and  promotion  of  handicrafts  artisans.  Only  the  registered  artisans  under Pahchan can avail the benefits of these schemes (under National Handicraft Development Programme (NHDP) and Comprehensive Handicrafts Cluster Development Scheme (CHCDS)) by participating in different marketing events, skill upgradation, training, design workshops etc. The wage compensation as well as TA/ DA are also provided to the artisans for participation in the events. Under the component of  Interest  Subvention  and  Margin  Money  of  Direct  Benefit  to  Artisans  scheme  of  NHDP,  interest subsidy  @  6%  on  the  loan  amount  maximum  to  Rs.1.00  lakh  over  a  period  of  3  years  and  margin money @ 20% of the loan amount maximum to Rs.20,000/- per artisan are also provided.  In addition, awardee artisans with annual income less than 1 lakh rupee and with more than 60 years of age are given monthly pension of Rs. 5000/-.  The number of artisans benefitted through various schemes of handicrafts during the period 2018-19 to 2020-21 and current financial year 2021-22 upto 31 st October, 2021 state wise is annexed as Annexure II.

## Annexure-I

## Annexure referred in reply to part (b) of Lok Sabha starred Question No. *49 for answered on 01.12.2021.

| S. No.   | States            |   Artisan enrolled (as on 31.10.2021) |
|----------|-------------------|---------------------------------------|
| 1        | A &NIslands       |                                  2708 |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh    |                                 60732 |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh |                                  9513 |
| 4        | Assam             |                                 81817 |
| 5        | Bihar             |                                132982 |
| 6        | Chhattisgarh      |                                 14045 |
| 7        | Delhi             |                                 17261 |
| 8        | Goa               |                                  7904 |
| 9        | Gujarat           |                                129680 |
| 10       | Haryana           |                                 34827 |
| 11       | Himachal Pradesh  |                                 18570 |
| 12       | J&K               |                                 99467 |
| 13       | Jharkhand         |                                 99923 |
| 14       | Karnataka         |                                 35538 |
| 15       | Kerala            |                                 47925 |
| 16       | Ladakh            |                                  2658 |
| 17       | Madhya Pradesh    |                                 86802 |
| 18       | Maharashtra       |                                 68092 |
| 19       | Manipur           |                                 69652 |
| 20       | Meghalaya         |                                  4573 |
| 21       | Mizoram           |                                  3887 |
| 22       | Nagaland          |                                  8864 |
| 23       | Odisha            |                                177245 |
| 24       | Pondicherry       |                                 15711 |
| 25       | Punjab            |                                 33353 |
| 26       | Rajasthan         |                                134954 |
| 27       | Sikkim            |                                  2819 |
| 28       | Tamil Nadu        |                                 60646 |
| 29       | Telangana         |                                 38826 |
| 30       | Tripura           |                                 13857 |
| 31       | Uttar Pradesh     |                                952181 |
| 32       | Uttarakhand       |                                 38902 |
| 33       | West Bengal       |                                274270 |
|          | Total             |                               2780184 |

## Annexure referred in reply to part (d) of  Lok Sabha starred Question No. *49 for answered on 01.12.2021.

| S. No   | States            |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |   2021-22 (upto Oct 2021) | Total Beneficiaries (total of column 3 to 6)   |
|---------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
| 1       | 2                 |         3 |         4 |         5 |                         6 | (7)                                            |
| 1.      | A &NIslands       |      1290 |       430 |       200 |                      1280 | 3200                                           |
| 2.      | Andhra Pradesh    |      9767 |      1354 |      3775 |                      2240 | 17136                                          |
| 3.      | Arunachal Pradesh |      1902 |       312 |       102 |                       780 | 3096                                           |
| 4.      | Assam             |      1995 |      1530 |      6565 |                      5758 | 15848                                          |
| 5.      | Bihar             |      3209 |      1249 |      2522 |                      2070 | 9050                                           |
| 6.      | Chandigarh        |       178 |       340 |         0 |                       240 | 758                                            |
| 7.      | Chhattisgarh      |      1285 |      1065 |       620 |                       970 | 3940                                           |
| 8.      | Delhi             |       948 |       728 |      2227 |                      3720 | 7623                                           |
| 9.      | Goa               |       100 |       130 |         0 |                       820 | 1050                                           |
| 10.     | Gujarat           |      6603 |      1906 |      5176 |                      6700 | 20385                                          |
| 11.     | Haryana           |      1264 |      1321 |      1232 |                      1340 | 5157                                           |
| 12.     | Himachal Pradesh  |      1225 |      1595 |      7445 |                      1290 | 11555                                          |
| 13.     | J&K               |      8117 |       665 |      1366 |                      4860 | 15008                                          |
| 14.     | Jharkhand         |      1291 |      1500 |      1930 |                      4240 | 8961                                           |
| 15.     | Karnataka         |       894 |      1007 |       875 |                      4000 | 6776                                           |
| 16.     | Kerala            |      1014 |       971 |      2325 |                      3170 | 7480                                           |
| 17.     | Ladakh            |         0 |        81 |        60 |                      1320 | 1461                                           |
| 18.     | Madhya Pradesh    |      8428 |      3355 |      4326 |                      4160 | 20269                                          |
| 19.     | Maharashtra       |      5142 |      1698 |      3640 |                      4440 | 14920                                          |
| 20.     | Manipur           |      1491 |       257 |      3410 |                      2580 | 7738                                           |
| 21.     | Meghalaya         |       695 |       510 |       126 |                      1400 | 2731                                           |
| 22.     | Mizoram           |       260 |        40 |        62 |                       780 | 1142                                           |
| 23.     | Nagaland          |       450 |       970 |       431 |                      1660 | 3511                                           |
| 24.     | Odisha            |      2252 |       895 |      1886 |                      3880 | 8913                                           |
| 25.     | Pondicherry       |       370 |       330 |      1030 |                      1760 | 3490                                           |
| 26.     | Punjab            |      1760 |      1781 |      1971 |                      3490 | 9002                                           |
| 27.     | Rajasthan         |     25433 |      8544 |      5775 |                      5360 | 45112                                          |
| 28.     | Sikkim            |       430 |       770 |        60 |                       740 | 2000                                           |
| 29.     | Tamil Nadu        |      1460 |       517 |      1789 |                      3400 | 7166                                           |
| 30.     | Telangana         |      2095 |       861 |      1345 |                      1630 | 5931                                           |
| 31.     | Tripura           |       463 |       383 |      1193 |                       830 | 2869                                           |
| 32.     | Uttar Pradesh     |      9206 |      6458 |     23630 |                     14320 | 53614                                          |
| 33.     | Uttarakhand       |       585 |       810 |      1290 |                      1980 | 4665                                           |
| 34.     | West Bengal       |      2023 |      1324 |      2635 |                      3292 | 9274                                           |
|         | Total             |    103625 |     45687 |     91019 |                    100500 | 340831                                         |