Lok Sabha Question No. 3132 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-17
Subject: Products made by Local Artisans
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: RAMDAS CHANDRABHANJI TADAS, VISHNU DAYAL RAM

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3132 TO BE ANSWERED ON 17.12.2015

## PRODUCTS MADE BY LOCAL ARTISANS

## 3132. SHRI RAMDAS C. TADAS: SHRI VISHNU DAYAL RAM :

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state :

- (a) Whether the Governments has carried out any study to identify the local artisan creative products in different parts of the country, if so, the details and the
- (b) w hether the Government has assessed their economic condition, if so, the details
- (c) w hether the Government has set up/proposes to set up rural haats at various le village, district and State levels to help rural artisans, if so, the details t , State/UT -wise; and
- (d) t he funds allocated to various States for establishing such haats during the sa State/UT - wise?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI SUDARSHAN BHAGAT)

(a)&(b) : No study has been carried out to identify the local artisans making creative pro the country by the Office of the Development Commissioner (Handicrafts). How Studies/Survey s have  been  conducted  on  living,  working  and  socio - economic  conditions  of artisans of spe cific craft asin A nnexure - I.

(c) & (d): During  2008 - 09,  the  Government  introduced  a  sub -component  under  the erstwhile scheme of Swarnajayanti Gram SwarozgarYojana (SGSY), for setting up of rural various levels. The scheme envisaged funding supp ort for creating infrastructure for three Vil level  haats  per  District,  one  District  level  haat  and  one  State  level  haat  that  wo artisans to market their products. The selection of village, district and state level the St ates concerned. Government had released an amount of Rs.9483 lakhs as first instal Rs.4243 lakhs as second instalment for creation of Village haats and Rs.28 lakhs for one  District  level  haat at  Dakshin  Kannada  District  of  Karnataka .  SG SY  has  since  been restructured as National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM) and direct funding of rural this  Ministry  has  been  discontinued  since  2013 - 14.  The  funds  allocated  to  various  States  f establishing Village haats, State/UT - wise is as in Annexure -I I .

## STUDIES/SURVEYS CONDUCTED ON LIVING, WORKING AND SOCIO - ECONOMIC CONDITIONS OF ARTISANS OF SPECIFIC CRAFT

State  in  four  selected  traditional  crafts  Viz.

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condition  of  tribal  artisans  in  Traditional

|   Sl .No. | Implementing Agency                                           | Subject                                                                                                                                                                                              |
|-----------|---------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Noble Social & Education Tirupati                             | Society, Socio Economic and working conditions the handicrafts artisans in Andhra State in four selected traditional Stone studded bangles, Kalamkari Cotton Durries and W ood Carving               |
|         2 | M/s SAMRIDDHEE, Assam                                         | Living and Economic Condition Hyacinth Craft Artisans and analysis self sustainability                                                                                                               |
|         3 | M/s Shristi, New Delhi - 110019                               | 'Socio - economic and living conditions artisans of Sarkanda Craft in Haryana                                                                                                                        |
|         4 | M/s All India ParivartanSewaSamiti, Delhi                     | Study on living & Economical national awarded artisans and their                                                                                                                                     |
|         5 | M/s VigaganpradyogikiAvanGramoudyog Prosaic Samiti, Allahabad | Study on action research on socio - economic conditio n potential indigenous skill of tribal artisans in                                                                                             |
|         6 | M/s Development Organisation,                                 | Bihar Study of Economical condition of artisans                                                                                                                                                      |
|         7 | M/s Ehsaas Foundation, New Delhi                              | 'Critical analysis of socio - economic condition of tribal artisans in Crafts viz cane and Bamboo, straw, Fibre and leaf, Wood and Metal based craft in States of Madhya Rajasthan and West Bengal.' |

## Annexure -II referred to in part (c) & (d) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3132 for answer on 17.12.2015.

## STATEWISE STATUS OF FUND RELEASED ON ACCOUNT OF VILLAGE HAATS

| SN                   | State/U.T             | No. of Districts     | No. of Village Haats   | 1 st Instalment      | 2 nd Inst alment     |
|----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
| 1                    | Andhra Pradesh        | 22                   | 66                     | 371.25               | 0.00                 |
| 2                    | Bihar                 | 29                   | 87                     | 489.37               | 236.25               |
| 3                    | Chhattisgarh          | 16                   | 48                     | 270.00               | 236.25               |
| 4                    | Goa                   | 1                    | 3                      | 16.87                | 0.00                 |
| 5                    | Gujarat               | 25                   | 75                     | 421.87               | 32.82                |
| 6                    | Haryana               | 20                   | 60                     | 337.50               | 0.00                 |
| 7                    | Himachal Pradesh      | 12                   | 36                     | 202.50               | 126.20               |
| 8                    | Jammu & Kashmir       | 9                    | 27                     | 151.87               | 0.00                 |
| 9                    | Jharkhand             | 22                   | 66                     | 371.25               | 253.12               |
| 10                   | Karnataka             | 29                   | 87                     | 489.37               | 78.32                |
| 11                   | Kerala                | 14                   | 42                     | 236.25               | 151.18               |
| 12                   | Madhya Pradesh        | 48                   | 144                    | 810.00               | 438.75               |
| 13                   | Maharashtra           | 33                   | 99                     | 556.87               | 235.56               |
| 14                   | Orissa                | 30                   | 90                     | 506.25               | 438.75               |
| 15                   | Rajasthan             | 32                   | 96                     | 540.00               | 67.50                |
| 16                   | Punjab                | 20                   | 60                     | 337.50               | 190.61               |
| 17                   | Tamil Nadu            | 30                   | 90                     | 506.25               | 135.00               |
| 18                   | Uttar Pradesh         | 70                   | 210                    | 1181.25              | 874.201              |
| 19                   | Uttaranchal           | 13                   | 39                     | 219.37               | 84.37                |
| 20                   | West Bengal           | 16                   | 48                     | 270.00               | 16.87                |
| 21                   | Andaman & Nicobar Is. | 0                    | 0                      | 0.00                 | 0.00                 |
| 22                   | Dadar& Nagar Haveli   | 0                    | 0                      | 0.00                 | 0.00                 |
| 23                   | Daman & Diu           | 0                    | 0                      | 0.00                 | 0.00                 |
| 24                   | Pondicherry           | 1                    | 3                      | 22.50                | 0.00                 |
| 25                   | Lakshadweep           | 0                    | 0                      | 0.00                 | 0.00                 |
|                      | Sub - total           | 491                  | 1476                   | 8308.13              | 3595.78              |
| North Eastern States | North Eastern States  | North Eastern States | North Eastern States   | North Eastern States | North Eastern States |
| 1                    | Arunachal Pradesh     | 5                    | 15                     | 101.25               | 60.14                |
| 2                    | Assam                 | 27                   | 81                     | 546.75               | 222.75               |
| 3                    | Manipur               | 1                    | 3                      | 20.25                | 20.25                |
| 4                    | Meghalaya             | 1                    | 3                      | 20.25                | 20.25                |
| 5                    | Mizoram               | 8                    | 24                     | 162.00               | 162.00               |
| 6                    | Nagaland              | 11                   | 33                     | 222.75               | 141.75               |
| 7                    | Sikkim                | 1                    | 3                      | 20.25                | 0.00                 |
| 8                    | Tripura               | 4                    | 12                     | 81.00                | 20.25                |
|                      | Total - North East    | 58                   | 174                    | 1174.50              | 647.40               |
| Grand Total          |                       | 549                  | 1650                   | 9482.63              | 4243.18              |

Rs. in lakh