Lok Sabha Question No. 2882 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-20
Subject: Handloom Workers
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: Sanjeev Kumar Singari

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2882 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.12.2023

## HANDLOOM WORKERS

## 2882. DR. SANJEEV KUMAR SINGARI:

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

- a) the details of the number of beneficiaries under National Handloom Development Programme (NHDP) and Raw Material Supply Scheme (RMSS), State-wise;
2. (b) the number of registered handloom workers working across the country; and
3. (c)  whether  the  Government  promoted  the  development  of  handlooms  and  the  welfare  of  handloom weavers after the pandemic, if so, the details thereof?

## उत्तर ANSWER )

## वस्त्र राज्  य मंत्री ( श्रीमती दर्शना जरदोर्

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

- (a)  to  (c): According  to  4 th All  India  Handloom  Census  2019-20,  there  are  35,22,512  handloom workers.

Ministry  of  Textiles is  implementing  the  following  schemes  to  promote  handlooms  and  welfare  of handloom weavers across the country:

1. National Handloom Development Programme;
2. Raw Material Supply Scheme;

Under the above schemes, financial assistance is provided to eligible handloom agencies/weavers for raw materials, procurement of upgraded looms & accessories, solar lighting units, construction of workshed, training  and  skill  upgradation,  product  &  design  development,  technical  and  common  infrastructure, marketing  support  for  handloom  products  in  domestic/overseas  markets,  concessional  loans  under weavers' MUDRA scheme and social security etc.

Details of State-wise number of beneficiaries under Raw Material Supply Scheme (RMSS) and various components of National Handloom Development Programme (NHDP) is placed at Annexure -I.

Government has taken several initiatives for developmental of handloom sector such as:

- (i) E-Commerce  portal  has  been  developed  to  enable  the  weavers  to  sell  their  product  online eliminating intermediaries.
- (ii) Handloom weavers are on-boarded on Government e-Market place to enable them to sell their products directly to various Government Departments and organizations.
- (iii) To  enhance  productivity,  marketing  capabilities  and  ensure  better  incomes,  155  Handloom Producer companies have been formed in different States.
- (iv) For export promotion of handloom products, Handloom Export Promotion Council has been participating/organizing  international  marketing  fairs/events.  Besides,  domestic  marketing events are also organised in different parts of the country for the weavers to market and sell their products.
- (v) To  integrate  Craft  promotion  with  tourism,  8  Craft  Handloom  Villages  are  being  set  up  at Sharan (H.P.), Kanihama (J&K), Mohpara (Assam), Kovalam (Kerala), Rampur, Bodh Gaya (Bihar), Pranpur (Madhya Pradesh), Moirang (Manipur) & Kunbi (Goa).
- (vi) 16 Design Resource Centres have been set up in Weavers' Service Centres at Delhi, Mumbai, Varanasi,  Ahmedabad,  Jaipur,  Bhubaneswar,  Guwahati,  Kancheepuram,  Kolkata,  Indore, Nagpur, Panipat, Meerut, Hyderabad, Bengaluru and Chennai with the objective to build and create design-oriented excellence in the Handloom Sector and to facilitate weavers, exporters, manufacturers and designers access design repositories for sample/product improvisation and development.

## Statement  referred  to  in  reply  to  part  (a)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.2882  for  answer  on 20.12.2023

Annexure- I

Details  of  state-wise  number  of  beneficiaries  under  National  Handloom  Development  Programme  (NHDP)  and Raw Material Supply Scheme (RMSS) for the year 2022-23.

| S.No       | States            | No. of beneficiaries under NHDP (CDP, Marketing, Mudra & Welfare beneficiaries)   | No. of looms covered under yarn pass book under RMSS   |
|------------|-------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
| East Zone  | East Zone         |                                                                                   |                                                        |
| 1          | Arunachal Pradesh | 2,768                                                                             | 243                                                    |
| 2          | Assam             | 29,293                                                                            | 40,471                                                 |
| 3          | Bihar             | 32,063                                                                            | 4,100                                                  |
| 4          | Jharkhand         | 1,371                                                                             | 3,704                                                  |
| 5          | Manipur           | 61,255                                                                            | 20,015                                                 |
| 6          | Meghalaya         | 71                                                                                | 366                                                    |
| 7          | Mizoram           | 8,778                                                                             | 1,228                                                  |
| 8          | Nagaland          | 15,250                                                                            | 212                                                    |
| 9          | Odisha            | 9,248                                                                             | 30,386                                                 |
| 10         | Sikkim            | 3,676                                                                             | 81                                                     |
| 11         | Tripura           | 16,911                                                                            | 610                                                    |
| 12         | West Bengal       | 1,532                                                                             | 54,807                                                 |
|            | Total East Zone   | 1,82,216                                                                          | 1,56,223                                               |
| West Zone  | West Zone         |                                                                                   |                                                        |
| 13         | Chhattisgarh      | 161                                                                               | 5,389                                                  |
| 14         | Gujarat           | 807                                                                               | 1,504                                                  |
| 15         | Madhya Pradesh    | 9,245                                                                             | 3,133                                                  |
| 16         | Maharashtra       | 1,627                                                                             | 2,115                                                  |
| 17         | Goa               | 1,201                                                                             | 0                                                      |
|            | Total West Zone   | 13,041                                                                            | 12,141                                                 |
| North Zone | North Zone        |                                                                                   |                                                        |
| 18         | Delhi             | 0                                                                                 | 172                                                    |
| 19         | Haryana           | 1,550                                                                             | 3,077                                                  |
| 20         | Himachal Pradesh  | 90                                                                                | 1,336                                                  |
| 21         | Jammu &Kashmir    | 2,522                                                                             | 625                                                    |
| 22         | Laddakh           | 570                                                                               | 0                                                      |
| 23         | Punjab            | 35                                                                                | 407                                                    |
| 24         | Rajasthan         | 195                                                                               | 635                                                    |
| 25         | Uttrakhand        | 682                                                                               | 4,807                                                  |
| 26         | Uttar Pradesh     | 2,937                                                                             | 1,18,119                                               |
|            | Total North Zone  | 8,581                                                                             | 1,29,178                                               |
| South Zone | South Zone        |                                                                                   |                                                        |
| 27         | Andhra Pradesh    | 49,668                                                                            | 68,593                                                 |
| 28         | Karnataka         | 42,750                                                                            | 18,804                                                 |
| 29         | Kerala            | 3,637                                                                             | 11,002                                                 |
| 30         | Pudducherry       | 1,600                                                                             | 1,519                                                  |
| 31         | Tamil Nadu        | 66,843                                                                            | 94,339                                                 |
| 32         | Telangana         | 34,052                                                                            | 39,763                                                 |
|            | Total South Zone  | 1,98,550                                                                          | 2,34,020                                               |
|            | Grand Total       | 4,02,388                                                                          | 5,31,562                                               |