Lok Sabha Question No. 3476 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-10
Subject: Development of Traditional Industries
Ministry: MICRO,SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
Asked by: Ramcharan Bohra

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3476 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.08.2023

## DEVELOPMENT OF TRADITIONAL INDUSTRIES

3476. SHRI RAMCHARAN BOHRA:

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

- (a) the  steps  taken  under  the  Scheme  of  Fund  for  Regeneration  of  Traditional  Industries (SFURTI) for the development of traditional industries;
- (b) the  list  of  industrial  groups  started  under  this  scheme  and  the  funds  allocated  under  each group, state-wise;
- (c) the number of craftsmen and weavers provided assistance under this scheme, particularly in Rajasthan; and
- (d) the  targeted  number  of  the  groups  to  be  established  under  this  scheme  and  percentage  of target achieved so far?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (SHRI BHANU PRATAP SINGH VERMA)

- (a) & (b): Scheme  for  Fund  for  Regeneration  of  Traditional  Industries  (SFURTI),  a  central sector scheme implemented by the Ministry of MSME, focuses on organizing traditional industries and artisans into collectives as manufacturing enterprises for sustainable increase in artisan income. The GoI assistance of up to Rs. 5.00 cr. is provided under the scheme. The traditional sectors covered under SFURTI include textiles, handicrafts, bamboo, agro-processing, honey, khadi, coir, etc. and the funds allocated under each group, state-wise, are annexed as Annexure-I.
- (c): As  on  31.7.2023,  513  clusters  have  been  approved  under  SFURTI  with  a  Government  of India (GoI) assistance of around Rs. 1332 crores, directly benefitting 3.03 lakh traditional artisans, across the country. In the State of Rajasthan, 34 clusters have been approved with a GoI assistance of around Rs. 8571 Lakhs directly benefitting 18209 artisans.
- (d): The  scheme  guidelines  does  not  specify  any  groups  to  be  established  under  this  scheme. However, during the FY 2021-22 to FY 2025-26 it is proposed to approve 677 clusters out of which 116 clusters have been approved as on 31.7.2023.

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## Annexure-I

## Annexure referred to in reply to Part (a) & (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3476 due for reply on 10.08.2023.

State wise and sector-wise fund allocated ( Rs. in Lakhs):

| S. No.      | State             |      Agro |   Bamboo |     Coir |   Handicraft |   Honey |   Khadi | Textile   | Grand Total   |
|-------------|-------------------|-----------|----------|----------|--------------|---------|---------|-----------|---------------|
| 1           | Andaman& Nicobar  |     0     |     0    |   249.28 |         0    |    0    |    0    | 0         | 249.28        |
| 2           | Andhra Pradesh    |  2250.76  |     0    |   957.82 |       998.68 |    0    |    0    | 195.24    | 4402.5        |
| 3           | Arunachal Pradesh |   396.7   |     0    |     0    |         0    |    0    |   92.58 | 213.28    | 702.56        |
| 4           | Assam             |  2620.25  |     0    |     0    |      1363.51 |    0    |  357.77 | 3641.78   | 7983.31       |
| 5           | Bihar             |  1371.96  |     0    |     0    |      1063.76 |    0    |    0    | 566.86    | 3002.58       |
| 6           | Chhattisgarh      |   144.13  |   344.88 |     0    |       763.19 |    0    |    0    | 145.1     | 1397.3        |
| 7           | Gujarat           |     0     |   688.16 |   397.83 |       289.86 |    0    |    0    | 1595.63   | 2971.48       |
| 8           | Haryana           |     0     |     0    |     0    |       485.66 |    0    |    0    | 1080.35   | 1566.01       |
| 9           | Himachal Pradesh  |   442.284 |     0    |     0    |       317.48 |    0    |    0    | 0         | 759.764       |
| 10          | Jammu& Kashmir    |     0     |     0    |     0    |         0    |  678.8  |    0    | 1359.83   | 2038.63       |
| 11          | Jharkhand         |   163.88  |   971.23 |     0    |      2127.56 |  146.45 |    0    | 367.5     | 3776.62       |
| 12          | Karnataka         |  1449.85  |     0    |  2908.41 |      1750.52 |  317.87 |    0    | 1535.62   | 7962.27       |
| 13          | Kerala            |   531.92  |     0    |   696.61 |       438.01 |  308.43 |    0    | 0         | 1974.97       |
| 14          | Madhya Pradesh    |  1671.14  |  2970.34 |     0    |      3280.97 |    0    |  194.98 | 3562.31   | 11679.7 4     |
| 15          | Maharashtra       |  2042     |  1084.82 |   298.68 |      1321.65 |  206.16 |    0    | 2121.58   | 7074.89       |
| 16          | Manipur           |  4122.08  |   667.78 |     0    |       828.85 |  649.43 |    0    | 1259.09   | 7527.23       |
| 17          | Meghalaya         |  1069.14  |   103.76 |     0    |         0    |    0    |    0    | 0         | 1172.90       |
| 18          | Mizoram           |   147.66  |     0    |     0    |         0    |    0    |    0    | 0         | 147.66        |
| 19          | Nagaland          |  1482.74  |   577.85 |     0    |       119.25 |    0    |    0    | 0         | 2179.84       |
| 20          | Odisha            | 11648.1   |  1280.78 |   914.45 |      3514.48 |  922.73 |    0    | 2203.64   | 20484.1 7     |
| 21          | Punjab            |     0     |     0    |     0    |       250.75 |  267.32 |    0    | 0         | 518.07        |
| 22          | Rajasthan         |  2856.05  |   127.44 |     0    |      3441.87 |  864.74 |    0    | 1281.23   | 8571.33       |
| 23          | Sikkim            |  1008.75  |     0    |     0    |         0    |    0    |    0    | 0         | 1008.75       |
| 24          | Tamil Nadu        |   967.26  |     0    |  4783.35 |      1330.6  |  216.26 |    0    | 559.25    | 7856.72       |
| 25          | Telangana         |   903.44  |   313.47 |     0    |       766.44 |    0    |    0    | 1326.25   | 3309.6        |
| 26          | Tripura           |   111.65  |   404.78 |     0    |         0    |    0    |    0    | 0         | 516.43        |
| 27          | Uttar Pradesh     |  2083.41  |     0    |     0    |      6126.11 |  853.25 |    0    | 7181.03 7 | 16243.8 1     |
| 28          | Uttarakhand       |   831.41  |     0    |     0    |       456.64 |    0    |    0    | 0         | 1288.05       |
| 29          | West Bengal       |   710.436 |     0    |   296.86 |      1142.8  |    0    |    0    | 2778.87   | 4928.96       |
| Grand Total | Grand Total       | 41027     |  9535.29 | 11503.3  |     32178.6  | 5431.44 |  645.33 | 32974.4   | 133295.5      |