Lok Sabha Question No. 2314 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-14
Subject: SFURTI Scheme
Ministry: MICRO,SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
Asked by: HEMANT TUKARAM GODSE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2314 TO BE ANSWERED ON 14.12.2015

## SFURTI SCHEME

## 2314. SHRI GODSE HEMANT TUKARAM:

Will  the  Minister  of  MICRO,  SMALL  AND  MEDIUM  ENTERPRISES be pleased to state:

- (a)  the details of items/products covered under the traditional industries in the country and the present status of these products in open market;
- (b)  whether the products of traditional industries are generally not affordable to the common man;
- (c)  if  so,  the  efforts  likely  to  be  made  by  the  Government  to  increase  the demand of products of traditional industries in open market; and
- (d)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  strengthen  the  Scheme  of  Funds  for Regeneration  of  Traditional  Industries  (SFURTI)  in  order  to  make  the  industry more competitive in open market and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (SHRI GIRIRAJ SINGH)

- The details of items/products covered under the traditional industries in
- (a): respect  of the Ministry  are placed at Annexures I& II.
- (b):
- No such cases have come to the notice of the Ministry.
- (c):
- Does not arise.
- (d): Ministry  of  MSME  has  strengthened  the  SFURTI  scheme  by  launching Revamped SFURTI scheme wherein the following schemes have been merged:
- i)   Scheme for Enhancing Productivity and Competitiveness of Khadi Industry and Artisans,
- ii)   Scheme  for  Product  Development,  Design  Intervention  and  Packaging (PRODIP),
- iii)   Scheme for Rural Industries Service Center (RISC), and
- iv)   Other small interventions like Ready Warp Units, Ready to Wear Mission, etc.

Government, in the Union Budget for 2013-14, has announced setting up of 800 clusters of Khadi, Village Industries and Coir during XIIth Plan with an outlay of Rs. 850.00 crore to cover around 4 lakh artisans. Ministry of MSME under Phase-I has approval to set up 71 clusters (including coir) [Mini-59, Major-10 & Heritage2]with coverage of 44500 artisans (approx.) with an outlay of Rs.149.44 crore. Ministry  has  approved  56  clusters  with  a  cost  of  Rs.22.44  crore  benefiting around 40000 artisans.

## Annexure-I  referred  to  in  reply  to  part  (a)  of  the  LokSabhaUnstarred  Question No. 2314 for answer on 14.12.2015

## Details of items/products covered under the Khadi& Village Industries Sector

|   Sl.No | Items/Products/Activity                                     |
|---------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|       1 | Agarbatti                                                   |
|       2 | Agriculture equipment                                       |
|       3 | Amla products                                               |
|       4 | Artificial jewellery                                        |
|       5 | Ayurvedic product                                           |
|       6 | Bakery                                                      |
|       7 | Bamboo and Wood craft                                       |
|       8 | Beekeeping                                                  |
|       9 | Brass & Bell metal product                                  |
|      10 | Broom                                                       |
|      11 | Cane and Bamboo products                                    |
|      12 | Cashew products                                             |
|      13 | Ceramic                                                     |
|      14 | Coconut shell items                                         |
|      15 | Coffee Processing                                           |
|      16 | Coorg Honey                                                 |
|      17 | Cottage Pottery Products                                    |
|      18 | Dal Mill                                                    |
|      19 | Decorative items made out of Cane & Bamboo, Furniture items |
|      20 | Dehydrated vegetable                                        |
|      21 | Detergent powder                                            |
|      22 | Embroidery products                                         |
|      23 | Essential oils                                              |
|      24 | Face Cream                                                  |
|      25 | Face wash                                                   |
|      26 | Flour Mill                                                  |
|      27 | Food processing                                             |
|      28 | Fur coat                                                    |
|      29 | Gems and Jewelleries                                        |
|      30 | Handicraft                                                  |
|      31 | Handmade Paper                                              |
|      32 | Herbal products                                             |
|      33 | Honey                                                       |
|      34 | Jam & Jelly                                                 |
|      35 | Ketchup                                                     |
|      36 | Kosa silk Sari& dress material                              |
|      37 | Leather goods                                               |
|      38 | Leather Product (Athani)                                    |
|      39 | Leather Toys                                                |
|      40 | Litchi Products                                             |
|      41 | Makhana                                                     |
|      42 | Masala                                                      |
|      43 | Medicinal Herbs                                             |
|      44 | Metal crafts (docra)                                        |

|   45. | Metal Handicrafts        |
|-------|--------------------------|
|    46 | Minor forest produce     |
|    47 | Mushroom                 |
|    48 | Mustard oil mill         |
|    49 | Organic Jam and quash    |
|    50 | Paddy processing         |
|    51 | Palm Candy               |
|    52 | Palm Gur                 |
|    53 | Palm Products            |
|    54 | Papad                    |
|    55 | Paper Mache              |
|    56 | Phulkari                 |
|    57 | Pickles                  |
|    58 | Poha                     |
|    59 | Pottery                  |
|    60 | Pulses                   |
|    61 | Purse and hand bags      |
|    62 | Rani Silk                |
|    63 | Rice and bakery          |
|    64 | Rice Mill                |
|    65 | Sandal Wood              |
|    66 | Sarbat                   |
|    67 | Sattoo                   |
|    68 | Sea shell                |
|    69 | Shampoo                  |
|    70 | Soaps                    |
|    71 | Spices                   |
|    72 | Spices grinding          |
|    73 | Steel furniture          |
|    74 | Stone carving            |
|    75 | Stone crusher            |
|    76 | Supari processing        |
|    77 | Terracota                |
|    78 | Traditional dress making |
|    79 | Transparent soaps        |
|    80 | Tribal jewellery         |
|    81 | Village leather products |
|    82 | Wheat grass Powder       |
|    83 | White metal works        |
|    84 | Wood carving             |
|    85 | Wood craft               |
|    86 | Wooden beads             |
|    87 | Wooden Furniture         |
|    88 | Wooden toys              |
|    89 | Woollen items            |
|    90 | Woollen Textile          |

## ANNEXURE-II

## Annexure-II  referred  to  in  reply  to  part  (a)  of  the  Lok  Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2314 for answer on 14.12.2015

## Details of items/products covered under the Coir Sector

|   S.No. | Items/Products/Activity                         |
|---------|-------------------------------------------------|
|       1 | Bleaching and shearing                          |
|       2 | Coir composite Board Needled felt               |
|       3 | Coir Geo Textiles                               |
|       4 | Coir pillow (soft)                              |
|       5 | Coir Pith Block making                          |
|       6 | Coir Structural Composites                      |
|       7 | Corridor mat frame with press                   |
|       8 | Curling and Spinning                            |
|       9 | Defibering                                      |
|      10 | Dye VAT                                         |
|      11 | Dyeing                                          |
|      12 | Mat making                                      |
|      13 | Mesh mat frame                                  |
|      14 | Needled felt and manufacture of garden articles |
|      15 | Rubber backing coir mat                         |
|      16 | Spinning                                        |
|      17 | Table Top from Coir Needled felt                |
|      18 | Willowing                                       |
|      19 | Yarn spinning                                   |