Lok Sabha Question No. 1750 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-29
Subject: Toy Industry
Ministry: MICRO,SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
Asked by: Balak Nath, Sumedhanand Saraswati

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1750 TO BE ANSWERED ON 29.07.2021

## Toy Industry

†1750.

SHRI BALAK NATH: SHRI SUMEDHANAND SARASWATI:

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

- (a) whether the Government imports toys materials and toys from other countries;
- (b) if so, the details of such imports during the last three years and the current year;
- (c) the  efforts  being  made  by  the  Government  to  address  the  problems  related  to reforms of capacity building, design, innovation and machinery to promote toys industry in the country;
- (d) whether the Government has received any proposal from States especially from the State Government of Rajasthan regarding establishment of any toy unit to promote toys business in the country; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof along with the reaction of the Government thereon?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (SHRI NARAYAN RANE)

(a) & (b): The details of toys imported into India during last three years are as under:

(Value: Rs. in crore)

| Year                     |   Total Imports |
|--------------------------|-----------------|
| 2018-19                  |         2498.48 |
| 2019-20                  |         2315.8  |
| 2020-21                  |         1242.38 |
| 2021-22 (upto June 2021) |          154.12 |

*Sources: DGCIS (ITC HS Code: 9503 and 9504)

(c)  to  (e):      The  Government  of  India  has  taken  several  measures  to  address  the  issues relating to capacity building, design, innovation and curb imports of sub-standards toys, which are broadly as under:-

- (i) Basic Customs Duty (BCD) on toys (HS code 9503) has been increased from 20% to 60%.
- (ii) DGFT has recently  mandated  sample  testing  from  each  consignment  to  curb  the import of sub-standards toys

- (iii) A quality control order has been issued by Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) under the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) Act, 2016 to ensure the toys manufactured or imported conform BIS standards.
- (iv) A comprehensive 'National Action Plan for Toys' is being implemented by DPIIT to provide all round support to domestic toy industry.
- (v) Office of Development Commissioner (Handicrafts) is also providing need based support  to  Toy  Clusters  in  the  area  of  technology,  marketing,  soft  and  hard interventions and infrastructural support for sustainable development.

Further, to support the MSME sector including Toy industry, Ministry of MSME is implementing  various  schemes  for  providing  credit  support  for  new  enterprise  creation, technology  upgradation,  skill  development  and  infrastructure  development.  Under  the Scheme  of  Funds  for  Regeneration  of  Traditional  Industries  (SFURTI),  assistance  is provided for  creation  of  Common  Facility  Centres  with  latest  machines,  design  centres, Raw Material Bank, skill development, exposure visit etc.  A total of 14 Toy Clusters have been  approved  under  the  scheme  benefitting  8839  artisans  with  an  outlay  of  Rs.  41.60 crore (approx.) which includes two toy clusters in Rajasthan located at Sri Ganganagar and Udaipur, benefitting 1069 artisans with an outlay of Rs.4.41 crore (approx.).

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