Lok Sabha Question No. 1473 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-07-29
Subject: Subsidies under NHDP
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: Shri Tanuj Punia, Shri Balwant Baswant Wankhade, Shri Ramasahayam Raghuram Reddy, Ms. Praniti Sushilkumar Shinde

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1473 TO BE ANSWERED ON 29.07.2025

## SUBSIDIES UNDER NHDP

1473. SHRI RAMASAHAYAM RAGHURAM REDDY: SHRI TANUJ PUNIA: MS. PRANITI SUSHILKUMAR SHINDE: SHRI BALWANT BASWANT WANKHADE:

Will the Minister of TEXTILES be pleased to state :

## वस्त्र मंत्री

(a)  the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  ensure  timely  disbursement  of  subsidies  under  the  National Handloom Development Programme (NHDP);

(b) the number of pending subsidy payments, state and district-wise; and

(c)  the  total  number  of  handloom  weavers  registered  under  the  Pehchan  ID  system  along  with  the number of them have received benefits under NHDP and related schemes since FY 2021- 22?

## उत्तर ANSWER

## वस्त्र मंत्री ( श्री गिररराज स ंह )

## MINISTER OF TEXTILES (SHRI GIRIRAJ SINGH)

(a) & (b): Under  National  Handloom  Development  Programme  (NHDP),  need  based  financial assistance in the form of Central Grant is provided to eligible handloom  agencies/handloom workers   through  various  components  like  Cluster  Development  Programme,  Handloom  Marketing Assistance, Weaver's Mudra loan, Weaver's welfare etc. on receipt of complete project proposals from States/UTs  Governments  and  availability  of  fund  in  the  respective  financial  year  in  relevant  budget heads. Further, under Cluster Development Programme and Handloom Marketing Assistance components of NHDP, funds are released to States/UTs Governments in two installments, 1 st installment is released an advance and 2 nd (final) installment is released on submission of Utilization Certificate of atleast  70%  funds  of  1 st installment  and  relevant  supporting  documents,  requirement  of  fund  as  2 nd installment etc.

To ensure timely submission of proposals by the States/UTs Governments and released of funds by the Ministry, the targets under different components of NHDP are issued in the beginning of the respective financial year. Further, to ensure timely implementation of projects & utilization funds under National Handloom Development Programme, projects are monitored by (i) Senior Level officers of the Ministry through  review  meetings  and  field  visits  (ii)  State  Level  Project  Committee  (SLPC)  chaired  by  State Commissioner/Director of Handloom & Textiles concerned and (iii) Local Committee chaired by Head of  Office,  WSC  concerned  with  representative  of  Directorate  of  Handloom  &  Textiles  of  concerned State.

(c): As per 4 th All  India Handloom Census 2019-20 report, there are 35.22 lakh handloom workers (weavers & allied workers) in India. The handloom workers enumerated in the 4 th All India Handloom Census  have  been  provided  either  Pehchan  card  or  enabled  downloading  e-pehchan  card.  An  online portal was launched on 28 the January 2025 for new registration (left out from the 4 th All India Handloom Census  and  new  weavers  and  allied  workers),  editing  the  details  of  the  existing  weavers  and downloading of e-pehchan cards. Based on the registration in the online portal, another 15,000 (Approx.) handloom workers have been approved for e-pehchan cards. Hence, addition/deletion, updation etc. is dynamic and continuous process.

Since,  2021-22  to  2025-26  (till  30.06.2025)  about  6.27  lakh  handloom  workers  have  been  benefited through  various  components  like  Cluster  Development  Programmes(CDP),  Weaver's  Mudra  loan, Insurance, weaver's welfare etc. under NHDP.

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