Lok Sabha Question No. 1876 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-05-05
Subject: Upliftment of Handloom Sector
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: ABHIJIT MUKHERJEE, RENUKA BUTTA

## UPLIFTMENT OF HANDLOOM SECTOR

## 1876.   SHRI ABHIJIT MUKHERJEE: SHRIMATI BUTTA RENUKA:

Will the Minister of TEXTILES वस्त्र मंरी

be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Union Government has received any request from various States including West Bengal for upliftment of handloom sector and if so, the details thereof alongwith the financial assistance provided by the Government during each of the last three years and the current year, State-wise;
- (b) the measures taken/proposed to be taken by the Government to rejuvenate the handloom sector, State/UT-wise;
- (c) whether there is any proposal to convert handlooms into power looms and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the steps being taken by the Government to empower the handloom weavers in the country?

## उत्तर

## ANSWER

## वस्त्र राज् य मंरी (स्त्वतंर प्रभार) (श्री संतोष क ु मार गंगवार)

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) IN THE MINISTRY OF TEXTILES (SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR GANGWAR)

(a), (b) & (d): The Government of India, Ministry of Textiles through the office of Development Commissioner  (Handlooms)  has  been  implementing  the  following  schemes  for  development  of handlooms and welfare of handloom weavers across the country, including West Bengal:-

- (1) National Handloom Development Programme (NHDP)
- (2) Yarn Supply Scheme (YSS) - under this scheme, funds are released to National Handloom Development Corporation, Lucknow
- (3) Handloom  Weavers  Comprehensive  Welfare  Scheme  (HWCWS)  -  under  this  scheme, funds are released to Life Insurance Corporation of India for life insurance (on-going) and ICICI Lombard for health insurance (upto 30.09.2014).
- (4) Comprehensive Handloom Cluster Development Scheme (CHCDS) (for development of 8 mega  handloom  Clusters  i.e.  Varanasi,  Sivasagar,  Trichy,  Bhagalpur,  Virudhunagar, Prakasam & Guntur districts, Murshidabad and Godda & neighbouring districts).

Under  NHDP  (provides  for  financial  assistance for cluster  development  programmes, marketing etc.),  proposals are received from time to time from the various States,  including West Bengal and funds are released in respect of viable proposals,  subject to availability of   funds. A statement showing details of financial assistance released under NHDP during the last 3 years and current year (till date) is annexed.

The Govt. of India has taken various initiatives for development and promotion of handlooms. This  includes  adoption  of  Block  level  cluster  approach,  launch  of    India  Handloom  Brand, introduction  of  4  years  degree  course  in  Indian  Institute  of  Handloom  Technolog(Salem), implementation of Weavers MUDRA  Scheme on experimental basis in Varanasi and Bhubaneswar, introduction of certificate course on Handloom Entrepreneur of Indian Institutes of Handloom Technology etc.

(c): No, Madam.

ANNEXURE The  State-wise  detail  of  funds  released  under  National  Handloom  Development Programme during the last three years and current year (till date) (Rs. in crore)

| Funds released   | Funds released    | Funds released   | Funds released   | Funds released   | Funds released   |
|------------------|-------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
| S.No.            | Name of State(s)  | 2013-14          | 2014-15          | 2015-16          | 2016-17          |
| 1.               | Andhra Pradesh    | 5.48             | 1.47             | 2.23             | 0.00             |
| 2.               | Arunachal Pradesh | 1.32             | 0.35             | 0.98             | 0.00             |
| 3.               | Assam             | 17.61            | 4.42             | 6.41             | 0.00             |
| 4.               | Bihar             | 0.04             | 0.19             | 1.24             | 0.00             |
| 5.               | Chhattisgarh      | 1.78             | 0.51             | 3.86             | 0.00             |
| 6.               | Delhi             | 0.00             | 0.04             | 0.04             | 0.00             |
| 7.               | Goa               | 0.00             | 0.00             | 0.00             | 0.00             |
| 8.               | Gujarat           | 0.50             | 0.53             | 0.04             | 0.00             |
| 9.               | Haryana           | 0.10             | 0.31             | 0.00             | 0.00             |
| 10.              | Himachal Pradesh  | 0.55             | 0.18             | 1.31             | 0.00             |
| 11.              | J&K               | 0.56             | 1.53             | 1.29             | 0.00             |
| 12.              | Jharkhand         | 0.73             | 0.00             | 0.00             | 0.00             |
| 13.              | Karnataka         | 2.69             | 1.66             | 1.10             | 0.00             |
| 14.              | Kerala            | 1.64             | 0.19             | 2.62             | 0.00             |
| 15.              | Madhya Pradesh    | 0.85             | 0.83             | 1.86             | 0.00             |
| 16.              | Maharashtra       | 2.20             | 1.68             | 0.72             | 0.00             |
| 17.              | Manipur           | 10.80            | 2.41             | 2.42             | 3.65             |
| 18.              | Meghalaya         | 1.16             | 0.37             | 1.81             | 0.00             |
| 19.              | Mizoram           | 0.30             | 0.28             | 4.59             | 0.00             |
| 20.              | Nagaland          | 3.89             | 2.65             | 3.71             | 0.00             |
| 21.              | Orissa            | 2.94             | 0.66             | 7.52             | 2.32             |
| 22.              | Pondicherry       | 0.00             | 0.00             | 0.00             | 0.00             |
| 23.              | Punjab            | 0.00             | 0.00             | 0.00             | 0.00             |
| 24.              | Rajasthan         | 0.85             | 0.57             | 0.00             | 0.00             |
| 25.              | Sikkim            | 0.72             | 0.60             | 0.63             | 0.00             |
| 26.              | Tamil Nadu        | 20.65            | 7.86             | 47.36            | 0.00             |
| 27.              | Telangana         | 0.00             | 0.84             | 0.39             | 0.00             |
| 28.              | Tripura           | 2.63             | 3.47             | 1.86             | 0.00             |
| 29.              | Uttar Pradesh     | 3.69             | 20.40            | 1.79             | 0.00             |
| 30.              | Uttrakhand        | 0.57             | 0.71             | 0.67             | 0.00             |
| 31.              | West Bengal       | 2.45             | 0.27             | 0.51             | 0.00             |

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