Lok Sabha Question No. 3457 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-10
Subject: Sale of Khadi Textiles
Ministry: MICRO,SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
Asked by: Pushpendra Singh Chandel

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 3457 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.08.2023

## SALE OF KHADI TEXTILES

## 3457. SHRI KUNWAR PUSHPENDRA SINGH CHANDEL:

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

- (a) the  details  of  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  increase  production  and  sale  of  Khadi textiles during the last five years; and
- (b) the  details  of  the  employment  opportunities  generated  across  the  country  State/UT-wise including  Bundelkhand  associated  with  Khadi  and  other  related  activities  during  the  last  five years, State-wise?

## ANSWER

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

(a): Ministry of MSME, is implementing the Khadi VikasYojana (KVY) through Khadi and Village  Industries  Commission  (KVIC), to increase the production  and  sale of  Khadi products. Assistance is provided under following major components of KVY:

- (i) Interest  Subsidy  Eligibility  Certificate  (ISEC)  Scheme  provides  credit  at  concessional rate  of  interest  through  Banks  as  per  requirement  of  the  Khadi  Institutions  (KIs)  for production  of  khadi.  The  institutions  are  required  to  pay  interest  of  only  4%  and  any interest  charged  by  banks  over  and  above  4%  are  paid  by  the  Government  of  India through KVIC to the lending banks.
- (ii) Under 'Strengthening Infrastructure of existing weak Khadi Institutions and Assistance for  Marketing  Infrastructure',  financial  assistance  is  provided  to  existing  weak  Khadi Institutions  for  strengthening  their  infrastructure  and  for  renovation  of  Khadi  sales outlets.
- (iii) 'Workshed Scheme for Khadi Artisans' provides assistance for construction of individual as well as group workshed for better work environment.
- (iv) Modified Market Development Assistance is distributed among Producing  Institutions, Selling  Institutions,  Artisans  and  Karyakartas,  which  in  turn  increase  the  working capacity of the Khadi Institutions and Khadi artisans.

In addition, the following steps taken by the Government to increase production and sale of Khadi:

- (i) KVIC extends raw material support on credit from Departmental Central Sliver Plants (CSPs) supplying raw material in form of sliver/roving to the needy KIs.

- (ii) Centre  of  Excellence  for  Khadi  has  been  set  up  on  the  Hub  and  Spoke  model  with National  Institute  of  Fashion  Technology  (NIFT)  New  Delhi  as  Hub  along  with  NIFT Ahmedabad,  Bengaluru,  Kolkata  and  Shillong-for  establishing  benchmarked  design processes  for  global  standards,  creating  new  fabrics  and  products  and  disseminating quality standards for fabrics.
- (iii) Khadi  and  Village  Industries  (KVI)  products  are  sold  through  a  wide  network  of  8 Departmental  Sales  Outlets  'Khadi  India'  and  its  18  branches  of  KVIC  and  8035 nationwide Khadi outlets owned by the Khadi Institutions (KIs) across the country.
- (iv)   KVIC has developed online platform namely- khadiindia.gov.in for sale of KVI products.
- (v) KVIC participates every year in India International Trade Fair (IITF) organized by India Trade Promotion Organization (ITPO).
- (vi) KVIC  facilitates marketing support, organizes exhibition where the institutions, entrepreneurs can sale and display their products.
- (vii)   KVIC conducts Export workshops and has participated in Fashion Shows for the benefit of KVI institutions/units.
- (viii)  KVIC  has  been  coordinating  with  Govt.  Department  and  bulk  buyers  such  as  Indian Railways, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Central Armed Police Forces, Ministry of  Tribal  Affairs,  and  other  Central  &  State  Govt.  Ministries  to  promote  bulk  sale  of Khadi products.

(b): State-wise details of employment opportunities generated under Khadi across the country including Bundelkhand is given at Annexure-I.

Prime  Minister's  Employment  Generation  Programme  (PMEGP),  a  major  credit-linked subsidy programme, is implemented with an aim to generate self-employment opportunities for the rural and urban unemployed persons through establishment of micro-enterprises in non-farm sector,  in  the  country.  State-wise  estimated  employment  opportunities  created  under  PMEGP during last five years is given at Annexure-II.

KVIC implements Honey Mission/ Beekeeping programme, a component of Gramodyog Vikas Yojana (KGVY), under beneficiaries are provided with 10 bee boxes with live bee colonies, tool kit and training. State-wise beneficiaries benefitted under Honey Mission during the last five years is given at Annexure-III.

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## Annexure - I referred to in reply to part (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3457 for answer on 10.08.2023

State/UT-wise details of cumulative Employment under Khadi

| Sr. No.   | States / Union Territories   |   Employment |
|-----------|------------------------------|--------------|
| 1         | Jammu &Kashmir               |        21997 |
| 2         | Ladakh                       |            0 |
| 2         | Himachal Pradesh             |         3369 |
| 3         | Punjab                       |         5188 |
| 4         | Chandigarh (UT)              |           54 |
| 5         | Haryana                      |        56071 |
| 6         | Delhi                        |         1180 |
| 7         | Rajasthan                    |        30519 |
| 8         | Uttarakhand                  |        18016 |
| 9         | Uttar Pradesh                |       136913 |
| 10        | Chhattisgarh                 |         6152 |
| 11        | Madhya Pradesh               |         3700 |
| 12        | Sikkim                       |            0 |
| 13        | Arunachal Pradesh            |           31 |
| 14        | Nagaland                     |          295 |
| 15        | Manipur                      |          166 |
| 16        | Mizoram                      |           14 |
| 17        | Tripura                      |           25 |
| 18        | Meghalaya                    |           59 |
| 19        | Assam                        |         5118 |
| 20        | Bihar                        |        72923 |
| 21        | West Bengal                  |        32578 |
| 22        | Jharkhand                    |         1868 |
| 23        | Odisha                       |         5346 |
| 24        | Andaman &Nicobar             |            0 |
| 25        | Gujarat *                    |        18803 |
| 26        | Maharashtra **               |         3087 |
| 27        | Goa                          |            0 |
| 28        | Andhra Pradesh               |         9061 |
| 29        | Telangana                    |         2342 |
| 30        | Karnataka                    |        27540 |
| 31        | Lakshadweep Islands          |            0 |
| 32        | Kerala                       |        14341 |
| 33        | Tamil Nadu                   |        20263 |
| 34        | Puducherry                   |          465 |
| Total     | Total                        |       497484 |

## Annexure - II referred to in reply to part (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3457 for answer on 10.08.2023

## Estimated Employment Generated under PMEGP during last five years

| Sr. No.   | State/UT          | 2018-19   | 2019-20   |   2020- 21 |   2021- 22 |   2022- 23 |
|-----------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|------------|------------|------------|
| 1         | Jammu Kashmir     | 60232     | 42840     |      68600 |     173184 |      96184 |
| 2         | Ladakh            |           |           |       2248 |       2360 |        728 |
| 3         | Himachal Pradesh  | 11192     | 9808      |       9664 |      10192 |       7440 |
| 4         | Punjab            | 14408     | 13560     |      13216 |      14320 |      12512 |
| 5         | Chandigarh        | 224       | 112       |         80 |        168 |        120 |
| 6         | Haryana           | 17320     | 16232     |      13920 |      13808 |      12472 |
| 7         | Delhi             | 1056      | 744       |        592 |        800 |        576 |
| 8         | Rajasthan         | 18872     | 24192     |      22176 |      20792 |      16296 |
| 9         | Uttarakhand       | 17448     | 14752     |      17992 |      14688 |      14424 |
| 10        | Uttar Pradesh     | 41944     | 48944     |      79952 |     100752 |      92808 |
| 11        | Chhattisgarh      | 24752     | 22480     |      21744 |      24160 |      20344 |
| 12        | Madhya Pradesh    | 20208     | 17400     |      38832 |      64656 |      47656 |
| 13        | Sikkim            | 440       | 632       |        456 |        680 |        456 |
| 14        | Arunachal Pradesh | 2240      | 1688      |        784 |       1568 |       1264 |
| 15        | Nagaland          | 9664      | 8872      |       5920 |       9928 |       3752 |
| 16        | Manipur           | 10328     | 9384      |      12448 |       9112 |       4360 |
| 17        | Mizoram           | 8984      | 6080      |       6480 |       5200 |       3296 |
| 18        | Tripura           | 9432      | 7704      |       6736 |       7664 |       5624 |
| 19        | Meghalaya         | 3120      | 3016      |       2872 |       5592 |       2448 |
| 20        | Assam             | 29896     | 20696     |      23512 |      30840 |      20768 |
| 21        | Bihar             | 26424     | 17728     |      17536 |      19816 |      35672 |
| 22        | West Bengal       | 19304     | 17776     |      16560 |      18440 |      17008 |
| 23        | Jharkhand         | 14376     | 12352     |      12176 |      13712 |      14808 |
| 24        | Odisha            | 24560     | 21784     |      25368 |      34408 |      31040 |
| 25        | Andaman Nicobar   | 1832      | 744       |       1240 |       1296 |        968 |
| 26        | Gujarat*          | 28000     | 31864     |      22832 |      33144 |      24568 |
| 27        | Maharashtra**     | 45136     | 35248     |      24832 |      33024 |      29000 |
| 28        | Goa               | 624       | 720       |        464 |        696 |        528 |
| 29        | Andhra Pradesh    | 17760     | 17504     |      13392 |      19816 |      24584 |
| 30        | Telangana         | 16408     | 17392     |      16200 |      23248 |      20320 |
| 31        | Karnataka         | 29256     | 29576     |      35504 |      47016 |      44944 |
| 32        | Lakshadweep       | 0         | 0         |         24 |         56 |         16 |
| 33        | Kerala            | 19888     | 19504     |      19112 |      22312 |      25032 |
| 34        | Tamil Nadu        | 41480     | 41384     |      41504 |      47776 |      49120 |
| 35        | Puducherry        | 608       | 512       |        352 |        528 |        200 |
| GRAND     | TOTAL             | 587416    | 533224    |     595320 |     825752 |     681336 |

## Annexure - III referred to in reply to part (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3457 for answer on 10.08.2023

## State-wise Beneficiaries benefitted Under Honey Mission Programme during the last five years

| Sr. No .   | State / Union Territory   |   2018- 19 |   2019- 20 |   2020- 21 |   2021- 22 |   2022-23 |
|------------|---------------------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|-----------|
| 1. .       | Jammu& Kashmir            |        350 |        250 |          0 |          0 |       200 |
| 2.         | Himachal Pradesh          |        309 |         50 |          0 |         80 |        70 |
| 3.         | Punjab                    |          0 |         50 |          0 |          0 |         0 |
| 4.         | Chandigarh (UT)           |        350 |          0 |          0 |         60 |         0 |
| 5.         | Haryana                   |        300 |         60 |          0 |          0 |       130 |
| 6.         | Delhi                     |          0 |         10 |         20 |         10 |         0 |
| 7.         | Rajasthan                 |        209 |        205 |        100 |          0 |       270 |
| 8.         | Uttarakhand               |        542 |         90 |         30 |         50 |        63 |
| 9.         | Uttar Pradesh             |       1077 |        278 |        505 |        280 |       140 |
| 10.        | Chhattisgarh              |        180 |         85 |         30 |         20 |        90 |
| 11.        | Madhya Pradesh            |        300 |         45 |         80 |         50 |        60 |
| 12.        | Sikkim                    |          5 |          0 |          0 |          0 |         0 |
| 13.        | Arunachal Pradesh         |          0 |         25 |          0 |          0 |        10 |
| 14.        | Nagaland                  |        500 |         50 |         30 |         10 |        20 |
| 15.        | Manipur                   |        300 |        250 |         30 |          0 |         0 |
| 16.        | Mizoram                   |        750 |          0 |          0 |          0 |         0 |
| 17.        | Tripura                   |        200 |        200 |         30 |         20 |         0 |
| 18.        | Meghalaya                 |        305 |         25 |          0 |         40 |         0 |
| 19.        | Assam                     |        352 |         99 |          0 |         30 |       110 |
| 20.        | Bihar                     |        600 |         80 |        190 |        100 |        40 |
| 21.        | West Bengal               |        300 |         70 |          0 |         50 |        90 |
| 22.        | Jharkhand                 |        250 |         80 |         80 |         50 |        50 |
| 23.        | Odisha                    |         60 |        114 |          0 |         80 |       143 |
| 24.        | A &NIslands               |          0 |          0 |          0 |          0 |         0 |
| 25.        | Gujarat *                 |        625 |        100 |         50 |         50 |        90 |
| 26.        | Maharashtra**             |        415 |        226 |         50 |        150 |        80 |
| 27.        | Goa                       |          0 |         43 |          0 |          0 |        10 |
| 28.        | Andhra Pradesh            |        219 |         30 |         20 |         50 |        90 |
| 29.        | Telangana                 |        175 |         30 |         60 |         70 |         0 |
| 30.        | Karnataka                 |        338 |         50 |         50 |         40 |       285 |
| 31.        | Lakshadweep Islands       |          0 |          0 |          0 |          0 |         0 |
| 32.        | Kerala                    |        300 |        225 |         50 |         60 |        30 |
| 33.        | Tamil Nadu                |        325 |        100 |        100 |        100 |        90 |
| 34.        | Puducherry                |          0 |          0 |          0 |          0 |         0 |