Lok Sabha Question No. 4638 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-29
Subject: PAHCHAN Scheme
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: Rajendra Agrawal

## 4638. SHRI RAJENDRA AGRAWAL:

Will the Minister of TEXTILES be pleased to state :

## वस्त्र मंत्री

(a) the achievements of PAHCHAN scheme since its inception;

(b) the number of the PAHCHAN cardholders who got loan during the last three years in the country, State-wise;

(c) whether the said cardholders trained under nationally acclaimed designers;

(d) if so, the details thereof including the number of trained artisans in the country; and

(e) whether the Government is likely to consider setting up an institute in Uttar Pradesh so that such artisans and weavers will learn to improve their quality of work and increase their capacity?

## उत्तर

## ANSWER )

## वस्त्र राज् य मंत्री ( श्रीमती दर्शना जरदोर्

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

(a): Ministry of Textiles has issued PAHCHAN cards to 30.53 lakhs handicrafts artisans and 30.90 lakhs handloom weavers across country under PAHCHAN initiative since its inception.  The details of card holders are available on the website of Office of the Development Commissioner of Handicraft and Handloom.

(b): The  State  wise  details  of  the  beneficiaries  MUDRA  loan  who  are  PAHCHAN  card  holders during the last three years are annexed at Annexure.

(c) & (d): A  total of 28,597  artisan  have been  trained through different design and  skill interventions of Office of the Development Commissioner for Handicrafts.

(e): Indian  Institute  of  Carpet  Technology  (IICT),  Bhadohi  and  Indian  Institute  of  Handloom Technology  (IIHT),  Varanasi  are  already  functioning  in  Uttar  Pradesh  for  overall  development  of artisans and weavers.

## PAHCHAN SCHEME

| Sr. No.   | State wise No. of applications of Handicrafts Artisans &Handloom weavers for MUDRAloan during last three years (2019-2020 to 2021-2022).   | State wise No. of applications of Handicrafts Artisans &Handloom weavers for MUDRAloan during last three years (2019-2020 to 2021-2022).   |
|-----------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|           | State                                                                                                                                      | No. of beneficiaries                                                                                                                       |
| 1.        | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                                                             | 11,671                                                                                                                                     |
| 2.        | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                                                                          | 23                                                                                                                                         |
| 3.        | Assam                                                                                                                                      | 316                                                                                                                                        |
| 4.        | Bihar                                                                                                                                      | 169                                                                                                                                        |
| 5.        | Chhattisgarh                                                                                                                               | 100                                                                                                                                        |
| 6.        | Delhi                                                                                                                                      | 37                                                                                                                                         |
| 7.        | Goa                                                                                                                                        | 7                                                                                                                                          |
| 8.        | Gujarat                                                                                                                                    | 431                                                                                                                                        |
| 9.        | Haryana                                                                                                                                    | 169                                                                                                                                        |
| 10.       | Himachal Pradesh                                                                                                                           | 60                                                                                                                                         |
| 11.       | Jammu &Kashmir                                                                                                                             | 1,993                                                                                                                                      |
| 12.       | Jharkhand                                                                                                                                  | 35                                                                                                                                         |
| 13.       | Karnataka                                                                                                                                  | 558                                                                                                                                        |
| 14.       | Kerala                                                                                                                                     | 1,981                                                                                                                                      |
| 15.       | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                                                             | 295                                                                                                                                        |
| 16.       | Maharashtra                                                                                                                                | 547                                                                                                                                        |
| 17.       | Manipur                                                                                                                                    | 9                                                                                                                                          |
| 18.       | Meghalaya                                                                                                                                  | 6                                                                                                                                          |
| 19.       | Mizoram                                                                                                                                    | 22                                                                                                                                         |
| 20.       | Nagaland                                                                                                                                   | 83                                                                                                                                         |
| 21.       | Odisha                                                                                                                                     | 306                                                                                                                                        |
| 22.       | Pondicherry                                                                                                                                | 6                                                                                                                                          |
| 23.       | Punjab                                                                                                                                     | 59                                                                                                                                         |
| 24.       | Rajasthan                                                                                                                                  | 1,230                                                                                                                                      |
| 25.       | Sikkim                                                                                                                                     | 19                                                                                                                                         |
| 26.       | Tamilnadu                                                                                                                                  | 25,576                                                                                                                                     |
| 27.       | Telangana                                                                                                                                  | 1,768                                                                                                                                      |
| 28.       | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                                                              | 1,158                                                                                                                                      |
| 29.       | Uttarakhand                                                                                                                                | 60                                                                                                                                         |
| 30.       | West Bengal                                                                                                                                | 137                                                                                                                                        |
|           | Total                                                                                                                                      | 48,831                                                                                                                                     |