Lok Sabha Question No. 3067 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-06
Subject: Centralized Data for Artisanal Activities
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: Sanjeev Kumar Singari

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3067 TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.08.2021

## CENTRALIZED DATA FOR ARTISANAL ACTIVITIES

## 3067. DR. SANJEEV KUMAR SINGARI:

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

(a)  whether  the  Government  has  centralized  data  of  all  the  people  who  are  involved  in  Artisanal activities;

- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) if not, the reasons thereof?

## उत्तर ANSWER वस्त्र राज् य मंत्री ( श्रीमती दर्शना जरदोर् )

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

(a) to (c):` The Government has centralized data of all the registered handicrafts artisans.  In order to  link  the  artisans  Identity  card  number  with  central  data  base  with  Aadhar  and  Bank  account, PAHCHAN has  been  visualized  as  new  universal  identity  for  artisans  to  get  the  benefit  of  all  the schemes implemented by Central /State Government.  The enrolling of handicrafts artisans through the field  offices  by  organizing  the  camps  in  the  cluster  area  is  a  regular  process.  As  on  15 th July,  2021, 26.79 lakhs handicrafts artisans have been registered and provided the photo identity card to avail the benefits of the schemes. The state wise data of handicrafts artisans enrolled is annexed as Annexure I .

Annexure-I

| STATUS REPORT OF PAHCHAN   | STATUS REPORT OF PAHCHAN   | STATUS REPORT OF PAHCHAN   |
|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
| Sl. No                     | States                     | Artisan enrolled           |
| 1                          | A &NIslands                | 2232                       |
| 2                          | Andhra Pradesh             | 58816                      |
| 3                          | Arunachal Pradesh          | 9401                       |
| 4                          | Assam                      | 79687                      |
| 5                          | Bihar                      | 131730                     |
| 6                          | Chhattisgarh               | 12908                      |
| 7                          | Delhi                      | 15175                      |
| 8                          | Goa                        | 9651                       |
| 9                          | Gujarat                    | 123039                     |
| 10                         | Haryana                    | 32109                      |
| 11                         | Himachal Pradesh           | 14590                      |
| 12                         | J&K                        | 97822                      |
| 13                         | Jharkhand                  | 99344                      |
| 14                         | Karnataka                  | 32951                      |
| 15                         | Kerala                     | 46906                      |
| 16                         | Madhya Pradesh             | 82346                      |
| 17                         | Maharashtra                | 51236                      |
| 18                         | Manipur                    | 69432                      |
| 19                         | Meghalaya                  | 3427                       |
| 20                         | Mizoram                    | 3841                       |
| 21                         | Nagaland                   | 8684                       |
| 22                         | Odisha                     | 176464                     |
| 23                         | Pondicherry                | 14375                      |
| 24                         | Punjab                     | 30917                      |
| 25                         | Rajasthan                  | 118730                     |
| 26                         | Sikkim                     | 2717                       |
| 27                         | Tamil Nadu                 | 57018                      |
| 28                         | Telangana                  | 37944                      |
| 29                         | Tripura                    | 13748                      |
| 30                         | Uttar Pradesh              | 935844                     |
| 31                         | Uttarakhand                | 35390                      |
| 32                         | West Bengal                | 270518                     |

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