Lok Sabha Question No. 280 (STARRED), answered on 2015-12-17
Subject: Financial Assistance to Primary Handloom Weavers Cooperative Societies
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: RITA TARAI

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION No.*280 TO BE ANSWERED ON 17.12.2015

## 'FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO PRIMARY HANDLOOM WEAVERS COOPERATIVE SOCIETIES'

## *280: SHRIMATI RITA TARAI :

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

- (a) the  number  of  Primary  Weavers'  Cooperative  Societies  available  in  the country;
- (b) whether the initiatives taken for the development of Handlooms have shown encouraging results in the textile sector;
- (c) if so, the details thereof for each of the last three years, State-wise;
- (d) whether  any  study  has  been  conducted  to  evaluate  the    availability  of requisite resources of the societies to meet their requirement ; and
- (e) if  so,  the  details  thereof  including  providing  financial  assistance  to  these Societies ?

उत्तर ANSWER वस्त्र राज य मंरी ( स्त्वतंर प्रभार ) ( श्री संतोष कु मार गंगवार ) MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) IN THE MINISTRY OF TEXTILES (SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR GANGWAR)

- (a) to (e): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (e) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.*280 DUE FOR ANSWERE ON 17.12.2015

- (a) As per  the  information  available,  there  were  44  Apex  Weavers  Co-operative  Societies (AWCS) and 15,926 Primary Weavers Co-operative Societies (PWCS) in the country in year 2011-12.  State-wise list is at Annexure-I.
- (b) & (c) : Yes  Madam.  The  initiatives  taken  for  the  development  of  Handloom  through implementation of various schemes have shown encouraging results. The following are the findings of the evaluation study of schemes implemented in cluster development programmes during 11 th Five Year Plan :
-  Productivity (units per day) increased by 37%.
-  Average monthly income of weavers up by 31%.
-  Working days in a year up by10%.
-  Working capital available on average for each weaver increased by 37%.
-  Sales increase by 39%.

Number of clusters State-wise covered in the study is at Annexure - II.

- (d) & (e): Yes  Madam.  To  meet  out  the  requirements  of  the  societies  by  way  of  debt restructuring and adequate flow of credit at cheaper rate Revival, Reform and Restructuring (RRR) package has been implemented. The RRR package included:
- a) One time waiver of overdue loans and interest (100% Principal and 25% interest) of viable and potentially viable handloom cooperative societies and individual weavers as on 31st March, 2010,
- b) Recapitalization assistance to eligible handloom cooperative societies,
- c) Provision of fresh subsidized credit to handloom cooperative societies and weavers covered by waiver by providing interest  subsidy  of  3%  for  a  period  of  3  years  for fresh loan with credit guarantee and
- d) Carrying out legal and institutional reforms for the cooperative societies.

The statutory audit of societies was carried out by the States under RRR package. The statutory  audit  reports  were  examined  by  the  special  team  of  National  Bank  for Agriculture and Rural Banks to assess the claims admissible. A total of 39 APEX Weaver Cooperative  Societies  and  9642  Primary  Weavers  Cooperative  Societies  have  been benefitted under the package from across the country. The State wise details indicating the    number    of  beneficiaries  and  assistance  approved  under  RRR  package  is  at Annexure - III.

Annexure-I State-wise Status of  Apex Weavers Co-operative Societies (AWCS) and

## Primary Weavers Co-operative Societies (PWCS)  across the country

| S. No.   | State Name        | Total Nos. of Apex Weavers Co-operative Societies (AWCS)   | Total Nos. of Primary Weavers Co-operative Societies (PWCS)   |
|----------|-------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    | 1                                                          | 1266                                                          |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh | -                                                          | 0                                                             |
| 3        | Assam             | 1                                                          | 1896                                                          |
| 4        | Bihar             | 5                                                          | 1089                                                          |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh      | 1                                                          | 158                                                           |
| 6        | Delhi             | -                                                          | 105                                                           |
| 7        | Gujarat           | 2                                                          | 340                                                           |
| 8        | Haryana           | -                                                          | 318                                                           |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh  | 1                                                          | 372                                                           |
| 10       | Jammu and Kashmir | 2                                                          | 226                                                           |
| 11       | Jharkhand         | 1                                                          | 157                                                           |
| 12       | Karanataka        | 3                                                          | 532                                                           |
| 13       | Kerala            | 1                                                          | 430                                                           |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh    | -                                                          | 201                                                           |
| 15       | Maharashtra       | 4                                                          | 665                                                           |
| 16       | Manipur           | 1                                                          | 2090                                                          |
| 17       | Meghalya          |                                                            |                                                               |
| 18       | Mizoram           | 1                                                          | 173                                                           |
| 19       | Nagaland          |                                                            |                                                               |
| 20       | Orissa            | 1                                                          | 516                                                           |
| 21       | Pondicherry       |                                                            |                                                               |
| 22       | Punjab            | 1                                                          | 11                                                            |
| 23       | Rajasthan         | 1                                                          | 215                                                           |
| 24       | Sikkim            | -                                                          | 1                                                             |
| 25       | Tamil Nadu        | 1                                                          | 1034                                                          |
| 26       | Tripura           |                                                            |                                                               |
| 27       | Uttar Pradesh     | 15                                                         | 1806                                                          |
| 28       | Uttarakhand       | -                                                          | 118                                                           |
| 29       | West Bengal       | 1                                                          | 2207                                                          |
|          | Total             | 44                                                         | 15,926                                                        |

Annexure - II State wise cluster selected for evaluation

| Sl. No.   | State            |   Number of Selected Clusters |
|-----------|------------------|-------------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh   |                             4 |
| 2         | Assam            |                             2 |
| 3         | Himachal Pradesh |                             1 |
| 4         | Jharkhand        |                             3 |
| 5         | Karnataka        |                             2 |
| 6         | Kerala           |                             2 |
| 7         | Madhya Pradesh   |                             2 |
| 8         | Manipur          |                             3 |
| 9         | Nagaland         |                             2 |
| 10        | Orissa           |                             3 |
| 11        | Tamil Nadu       |                             4 |
| 12        | Uttar Pradesh    |                             4 |
| 13        | West Bengal      |                             3 |
|           | TOTAL            |                            35 |

Annexure-III State-wise number of beneficiaries and assistance approved under RRR package.

| Name of the State   | Total Coverage upto 28.02.14) ( Under phase-I &phase- II), under the RRR package.   | Total Coverage upto 28.02.14) ( Under phase-I &phase- II), under the RRR package.   | Total Coverage upto 28.02.14) ( Under phase-I &phase- II), under the RRR package.   | Total Coverage upto 28.02.14) ( Under phase-I &phase- II), under the RRR package.   | Claims approved by various State Implementation Monitoring Review Committee (Rs in crore)   |
|---------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Name of the State   | APEX Primary Weaver Cooperative Societies                                           | Primary Weaver Cooperative Societies                                                | Self Help Groups                                                                    | Individual Weavers                                                                  | Claims approved by various State Implementation Monitoring Review Committee (Rs in crore)   |
| Andhra Pradesh      | 1                                                                                   | 498                                                                                 | 0                                                                                   | 7738                                                                                | 200.26                                                                                      |
| Telangana           |                                                                                     | 165                                                                                 | 0                                                                                   | 2963                                                                                |                                                                                             |
| Assam               | 1                                                                                   | 1616                                                                                | 475                                                                                 | 2533                                                                                | 46.76                                                                                       |
| Bihar               | 1                                                                                   | 123                                                                                 | 0                                                                                   | 1705                                                                                | 5.61                                                                                        |
| Chhattisgarh        | 1                                                                                   | 154                                                                                 | 0                                                                                   | 194                                                                                 | 12.60                                                                                       |
| Delhi               | 4                                                                                   | 117                                                                                 | 0                                                                                   | 0                                                                                   | 2.02                                                                                        |
| Gujarat             | 2                                                                                   | 199                                                                                 | 0                                                                                   | 419                                                                                 | 8.57                                                                                        |
| Haryana             | 0                                                                                   | 2                                                                                   | 0                                                                                   | 69                                                                                  | 0.36                                                                                        |
| Himachal Pradesh    | 2                                                                                   | 171                                                                                 | 26                                                                                  | 370                                                                                 | 10.66                                                                                       |
| J& K                | 2                                                                                   | 105                                                                                 | 0                                                                                   | 112                                                                                 | 3.18                                                                                        |
| Jharkhand           | 0                                                                                   | 59                                                                                  | 0                                                                                   | 369                                                                                 | 3.54                                                                                        |
| Karnataka           | 1                                                                                   | 219                                                                                 | 2                                                                                   | 656                                                                                 | 9.37                                                                                        |
| Kerala              | 1                                                                                   | 360                                                                                 | 896                                                                                 | 1117                                                                                | 210.66                                                                                      |
| Madhya Pradesh      | 0                                                                                   | 68                                                                                  | 2                                                                                   | 278                                                                                 | 2.81                                                                                        |
| Maharashtra         | 1                                                                                   | 409                                                                                 | 0                                                                                   | 0                                                                                   | 10.45                                                                                       |
| Manipur             | 1                                                                                   | 1640                                                                                | 1107                                                                                | 507                                                                                 | 30.80                                                                                       |
| Meghalaya           | 0                                                                                   | 0                                                                                   | 0                                                                                   | 24                                                                                  | 0.09                                                                                        |
| Mizoram             | 1                                                                                   | 124                                                                                 | 0                                                                                   | 51                                                                                  | 4.39                                                                                        |
| Odisha              | 2                                                                                   | 430                                                                                 | 2636                                                                                | 10884                                                                               | 128.91                                                                                      |
| Puducherry          | 1                                                                                   | 8                                                                                   | 0                                                                                   | 0                                                                                   | 3.52                                                                                        |
| Rajasthan           | 1                                                                                   | 43                                                                                  | 11                                                                                  | 216                                                                                 | 8.11                                                                                        |
| Sikkim              | 0                                                                                   | 1                                                                                   | 0                                                                                   | 0                                                                                   | 0.08                                                                                        |
| Tamil Nadu          | 1                                                                                   | 718                                                                                 | 101                                                                                 | 520                                                                                 | 147.72                                                                                      |
| Tripura             | 0                                                                                   | 18                                                                                  | 0                                                                                   | 3                                                                                   | 1.25                                                                                        |
| Uttarakhand         | 0                                                                                   | 63                                                                                  | 2                                                                                   | 47                                                                                  | 2.58                                                                                        |
| Uttar Pradesh       | 14                                                                                  | 1876                                                                                | 1005                                                                                | 21964                                                                               | 108.94                                                                                      |
| West Bengal         | 1                                                                                   | 456                                                                                 | 47                                                                                  | 1487                                                                                | 126.65                                                                                      |
| Total               | 39                                                                                  | 9642                                                                                | 6310                                                                                | 54226                                                                               | 1089.90                                                                                     |

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