Lok Sabha Question No. 2782 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-10
Subject: Women Handloom Weavers
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: Smt. Delkar Kalaben Mohanbhai, Dr. Shivaji Bandappa Kalge, Shri Bhumare Sandipanrao Asaram, Shri Nilesh Dnyandev Lanke, Shri Gyaneshwar Patil

## WOMEN HANDLOOM WEAVERS

2782. DR. SHIVAJI BANDAPPA KALGE: SHRI NILESH DNYANDEV LANKE: SHRI BHUMARE SANDIPANRAO ASARAM: SMT. DELKAR KALABEN MOHANBHAI: SHRI GYANESHWAR PATIL:

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

(a)  the  details  of  the  schemes  or  programmes  implemented  specifically  for  the  welfare  of  women handloom weavers in various States of the country partıcularly ın States  of Maharashtra  and Madhya Pradesh and Union Territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu during the last five years and the State-wise details thereof;

(b) whether any provision has been made for skill development, capacity building or entrepreneurship promotion for women weavers by the Government; and

(c) if so, the details thereof alongwith the number of women benefitted under the said schemes during the last  three  years  in  Latur,  Ahilyanagar,  Aurangabad  (Sambhaji  Nagar),  Khandwa,  Dadra  and  Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, State and district-wise?

## उत्तर ANSWER वस्त्र मंत्री ( श्री गिरििाज ग िंह ) MINISTER OF TEXTILES

## (SHRI GIRIRAJ SINGH)

(a) to (c): Ministry of Textiles, Government of India is implementing central sector schemes such as (i)  National  Handloom  Development  Programme  (NHDP)  and  (ii)  Raw  Material  Supply  Scheme (RMSS)  to  promote  handlooms  and  for  welfare  of  handloom  weavers  including  women  handloom weavers across the country covering the States of Maharashtra & Madhya Pradesh and Union Territories of Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu also. Under these schemes, financial assistance is provided to eligible  handloom  agencies/weavers  including  women  handloom  weavers  for  raw  materials, procurement  of upgraded  looms  &  accessories, solar lighting units, construction of  workshed, SAMARTH  training  for  skill  development  and  capacity  building,  product  &  design  development, technical and common infrastructure, marketing of handloom products in domestic/overseas markets for promotion  of  entrepreneurship,  loans  under  weavers  MUDRA  Scheme,  social  security,  need  based financial  support  to  awardee  weavers,  scholarship  to  handloom  workers'  children  etc.  There  is  no separate  provision  for  women  handloom  weavers  under  these  schemes.  However,  100%  subsidy  is provided to women handloom weavers for construction of worksheds under NHDP. State-wise details of women handloom weavers benefitted under SAMARTH scheme during the last 3 years is Annexed.

Annexure

| S. No.   | Name of the State   | No. of women weavers skilled during FY 2022-23 to 2024-25   |
|----------|---------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh      | 425                                                         |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh   | 328                                                         |
| 3        | Assam               | 1,327                                                       |
| 4        | Bihar               | 431                                                         |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh        | 353                                                         |
| 6        | Gujarat             | 379                                                         |
| 7        | Haryana             | 197                                                         |
| 8        | Himachal Pradesh    | 451                                                         |
| 9        | J&K                 | 361                                                         |
| 10       | Jharkhand           | 567                                                         |
| 11       | Karnataka           | 474                                                         |
| 12       | Kerala              | 1,056                                                       |
| 13       | Madhya Pradesh      | 393                                                         |
| 14       | Maharashtra         | 1,027                                                       |
| 15       | Manipur             | 579                                                         |
| 16       | Meghalaya           | 133                                                         |
| 17       | Mizoram             | 498                                                         |
| 18       | Nagaland            | 396                                                         |
| 19       | Odisha              | 727                                                         |
| 20       | Punjab              | 98                                                          |
| 21       | Rajasthan           | 331                                                         |
| 22       | Tamilnadu           | 1,027                                                       |
| 23       | Telangana           | 697                                                         |
| 24       | Tripura             | 475                                                         |
| 25       | Uttar Pradesh       | 727                                                         |
| 26       | Uttarakhand         | 269                                                         |
| 27       | West Bengal         | 451                                                         |
|          | Total               | 14,177                                                      |

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