Lok Sabha Question No. 1208 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-03
Subject: Opening of Handloom Centres
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: CHANDRAKANT BHAURAO KHAIRE, PRATAPRAO GANPATRAO JADHAV

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1208 TO BE ANSWERED ON 3.03.2016

## OPENING OF HANDLOOM CENTRES

## 1208.  SHRI CHANDRAKANT KHAIRE:

SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV:

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

- (a) the number of handloom centres running in the country at present, State/UT-wise ;
- (b) whether  the  Government  has  opened/proposes  to  open  any  handloom  centres  in  the country including Maharashtra ;
- (c) if so, the details thereof along with their locations, State-wise ; and
- (d) the  amount  allocated  for  the  said  purpose  to  said  centres  during  each  of  the  last  three years and the current year ?

## 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): To render technical assistance to the handloom industry by way of research, service & training for its development, Office of Development Commissioner for Handlooms, Ministry of Textiles  has  set  up  28  Weavers  Service  Centres  (WSCs).      State/UT-wise  their  locations  are detailed at Annexure-I.
- (b) & (c): In pursuance of budget speech 2012-13, three new WSCs one each in the states of Jharkhand,  Nagaland  and  Mizoram,  have  been  set  up  during  12 th Plan.    Since  two  WSCs  are already  functioning  from  Mumbai,  Nagpur  in  the  state  of  Maharashtra,  setting  up  of  another Centre is not under the consideration of Government.
- (d): A statement is given below showing amount allocated & expenditure incurred, for setting of cited three WSCs, during last three years & current year, as under:-

(Rupees in lakh)

| Financial Year        | Amount Allocated   | Expenditure incurred   |
|-----------------------|--------------------|------------------------|
| 2012-13               | Nil                | Nil                    |
| 2013-14               | 38.00              | 23.77                  |
| 2014-15               | 100.26             | 34.16                  |
| 2015-16 (upto Feb'16) | 147.60             | 96.27                  |

## Annexure-I

## State-wise list of Weavers Service Centres functioning across the country

|   S. No. | Location of WSC   | Name of State   |
|----------|-------------------|-----------------|
|        1 | Delhi             | Delhi           |
|        2 | Srinagar          | Jammu &Kashmir  |
|        3 | Panipat           | Haryana         |
|        4 | Jaipur            | Rajasthan       |
|        5 | Varanasi          | Uttar Pradesh   |
|        6 | Meerut            | Uttar Pradesh   |
|        7 | Chamoli           | Uttrakhand      |
|        8 | Mumbai            | Maharashtra     |
|        9 | Nagpur            | Maharashtra     |
|       10 | Raigarh           | Chhattisgarh    |
|       11 | Ahmedabad         | Gujarat         |
|       12 | Indore            | Madhya Pradesh  |
|       13 | Guwahati          | Assam           |
|       14 | Agartala          | Tripura         |
|       15 | Imphal            | Manipur         |
|       16 | Aizwal            | Mizoram         |
|       17 | Dimapur           | Nagaland        |
|       18 | Ranchi            | Jharkhand       |
|       19 | Kolkata           | West Bengal     |
|       20 | Bhagalpur         | Bihar           |
|       21 | Bhubneshwar       | Odisha          |
|       22 | Chennai           | Tamil Nadu      |
|       23 | Salem             |                 |
|       24 | Kancheepuram      |                 |
|       25 | Bangalore         | Karnataka       |
|       26 | Kannur            | Kerala          |
|       27 | Vijayawada        | Andhra Pradesh  |
|       28 | Hyderabad         | Andhra Pradesh  |

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