Lok Sabha Question No. 2942 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-08-06
Subject: Issuance of Artisan Credit Cards
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: ELUMALAI VELLAIGOUNDER

LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2942

TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.08.2015

**ISSUANCE OF ARTISAN CREDIT CARDS**

2942. 	SHRI ELUMALAI V.:

Will the Minister of TEXTILES वस्त्र  मंत्री

be pleased to state:

(a) 	the details of the Artisan Credit Cards issued to artisans in the handloom sector

under the Credit Guarantee Programme, State-wise; and

(b) 	the details of such cards proposed to be issued in the remaining period of the

12th Five Year Plan period, so far?

उत्तर

ANSWER

वस्त्र राज्‍य मंत्री (स्वतंत्र प्रभार) (श्री संतोष कुमार गंगवार)

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)

IN THE MINISTRY OF TEXTILES

(SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR GANGWAR)

**(a):** The  details  of artisans credit card issued under the Credit Guarantee Scheme State wise  is enclosed at Annexure “A”.

**(b)** :  The artisans Credit cards are issued  as per the demands  placed by Artisan/Producer group at the different Marketing & Service Extension Centres/Service Centres of this office.   Hence there are no fixed annual targets   under the scheme.

**Annexure-A**

**Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2942  for answer on 06.08.2015**

| **Statement of State wise list of Artisans Credit Card issued**   |                        |                                                |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
| **S. No**                                                         | **State**              | **No. of Credit Card Issued to Atrisans/SHGs** |
| 1                                                                 | Kerala                 | 11547                                          |
| 2                                                                 | Karnataka              | 157                                            |
| 3                                                                 | Tamilnadu / pondichery | 2221                                           |
| 4                                                                 | Andhra Pradesh         | 1628                                           |
| 5                                                                 | Orissa                 | 8687                                           |
| 6                                                                 | Bihar                  | 1634                                           |
| 7                                                                 | Chattisgarh            | 90                                             |
| 8                                                                 | U.P                    | 18560                                          |
| 9                                                                 | Goa                    | 777                                            |
| 10                                                                | Gujarat                | 486                                            |
| 11                                                                | Madhya Pradesh         | 446                                            |
| 12                                                                | Maharashtra            | 452                                            |
| 13                                                                | Rajasthan              | 13901                                          |
| 14                                                                | Assam                  | Nil                                            |
| 15                                                                | Arunachal Pradesh      | 430                                            |
| 16                                                                | Manipur                | Nil                                            |
| 17                                                                | Meghalaya              | 83                                             |
| 18                                                                | Mizoram                | Nil                                            |
| 19                                                                | Nagaland               | 311                                            |
| 20                                                                | Sikkim                 | 235                                            |
| 21                                                                | Tripura                | 8                                              |
| 22                                                                | Himachal Pradesh       | 1762                                           |
| 23                                                                | J&K                    | 4679                                           |
| 24                                                                | Jharkhand              | 619                                            |
| 25                                                                | Uttrakhand             | 410                                            |
| 26                                                                | West Bengal            | 741                                            |
| 27                                                                | Delhi                  | 131                                            |
| 28                                                                | Haryana & Chandigarh   | 7600                                           |
| 29                                                                | Punjab                 | 507                                            |
| 30                                                                | Telangana              | 225                                            |
| **Total**                                                         |                        | **78327**                                      |

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