Lok Sabha Question No. 2917 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-08-03
Subject: Budget Allocation under various Programmes
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: Mohammad Jawed

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2917 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.08.2022

## BUDGET ALLOCATION UNDER VARIOUS PROGRAMMES

## 2917. DR. MOHAMMAD JAWED:

## Will the Minister of TEXTILES वस्त्र मंत्री

be pleased to state:  the details of the Government budget allocation and utilization of the funds and  employment  generated  under  the  National  Handloom  Development  Program  (NHDP), National  Handicraft  Development  Program  (NHDP)  and  Handloom  Marketing  Assistance (HMA) during the last five years?

## उत्तर

ANSWER

## वस्त्र राज् य मंत्री ( श्रीमती दर्शना जरदोर् )

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

The  budget  allocation  and  utilization  of  the  funds  under  National  Handloom  Development Programme (NHDP) & National Handicraft Development Programme (NHDP) during the last five years are placed at Annexure I. Also, Handloom and Handicraft sectors are unorganized in which the Govt. does not provide direct employment to the artisans/weavers.

In addition to above,

-  Steps have been taken to on-board weavers and artisans on Government e-Market (GeM) place to enable them to sell their products directly to various Government Departments and  organizations.  So  far,  about  1.5  lakh  weavers  and  28,000  artisans  have  been on-boarded on the GeM portal.
-  Weavers are facilitated to sell their products online and 23 e-commerce platforms have been associated by Ministry of Textiles for the same.
-  For export promotion of handloom products, Handloom Export Promotion Council has been  participating/organizing  international  marketing  fairs/events.  Besides,  domestic marketing events were also organised in different parts of the country for the weavers to market and sell their products.

| National Handloom Development Programme (NHDP)   | National Handloom Development Programme (NHDP)   | National Handloom Development Programme (NHDP)   | National Handloom Development Programme (NHDP)   | National Handloom Development Programme (NHDP)   | National Handloom Development Programme (NHDP)   | National Handloom Development Programme (NHDP)   | National Handloom Development Programme (NHDP)   | National Handloom Development Programme (NHDP)   | National Handloom Development Programme (NHDP)   |
|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
| 2017-18                                          | 2017-18                                          | 2018-19                                          | 2018-19                                          | 2019-20                                          | 2019-20                                          | 2020-21                                          | 2020-21                                          | 2021-22                                          | 2021-22                                          |
| Budget                                           | Exp.                                             | Budget                                           | Exp.                                             | Budget                                           | Exp.                                             | Budget                                           | Exp.                                             | Budget                                           | Exp.                                             |
| 184.74                                           | 182.87                                           | 142.08                                           | 113.82                                           | 166.71                                           | 149.14                                           | 161.49                                           | 159.53                                           | 165.50                                           | 165.37                                           |

Note:  The  figures  are  for  the  currently  merged  Scheme  of  NHDP,  which  comprises  of  erstwhile  NHDP, Comprehensive  Handloom  Cluster  Development  Scheme  and  Handloom  Weaver  Comprehensive  Welfare Scheme.

## National Handicraft Development Programme (NHDP)

2018-19

Budget

Exp.

104.98

77.00

2019-20

Budget

Exp.

164.88

132.89

2020-21

Budget

Exp.

141.04

138.05

2017-18

Budget

107.03

Exp.

100.95

(Rs. In Crore)

2021-22

Budget

Exp.

169.06

172.58