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Government of India
Ministry of Textiles
Government of India
Ministry of Textiles
10-February-2014 17:44 IST
Handloom Clusters
The Government of
India, Ministry of Textiles, Office of the Development Commissioner for
Handlooms has taken up 613 handloom clusters, each having 300-500 handlooms for
their integrated and holistic development in various States under Integrated
Handlooms Development Scheme (IHDS) during XI Plan and 2012-13 & 2013-14
(till December 2013). Besides, 20 clusters, each having about 5000
handlooms have been taken up. Further, 6 mega handloom clusters,
each having atleast 25000 handlooms have been taken up. In these
clusters, financial assistance has been extended to benefit the weavers towards
various inputs like margin money, new looms and accessories, skill
up-gradation, design development, corpus fund for yarn supply, up-gradation of
handlooms, setting up of Common Facility Centre/Dye house, marketing,
construction of Worksheds etc.
A new Scheme “Comprehensive Handlooms Development Scheme (CHDS)” has
been recently introduced, which provides for taking up new clusters, each
having 200-500 handlooms and 2000-5000 handlooms to be developed in a time
period of 4 years. The scheme has several components and therefore, based on
the receipt of viable proposals and availability of funds, financial assistance
is released to the Implementing Agencies through the State Government
concerned. A statement showing State-wise funds released and number of weavers
benefited during the last 3 years and current year (upto January 2014) is
annexed.
Handloom clusters have been taken up in different years of XI Plan and
current Plan, of which some have been fully implemented while remaining are in
different stages of implementation. Independent evaluation of the Cluster
Development Programmes has revealed positive outcomes in terms of increase
in productivity, increase in income, increase in number of working days etc.
Annexure
Statement showing State-wise funds released and
beneficiaries covered during last three years (2010-11 to 2012-13) and
current year (2013-14 as on 31.1.2014) in Clusters taken up so far
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S. No.
|
Name of
the State
|
Amount released (Rs.in lakh)
|
Number of Beneficiaries covered
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
1
|
Andhra
Pradesh
|
925.58
|
5415
|
2
|
Bihar
|
283.23
|
369
|
3
|
Chhattisgarh
|
232.19
|
739
|
4
|
Delhi
|
16.83
|
0
|
5
|
Gujarat
|
24.94
|
0
|
6
|
Haryana
|
17.25
|
332
|
7
|
Himachal
Pradesh
|
199.61
|
1397
|
8
|
Jammu
& Kashmir
|
329.67
|
1250
|
9
|
Jharkhand
|
1014.53
|
3107
|
10
|
Karnataka
|
626.62
|
4792
|
11
|
Kerala
|
662.72
|
0
|
12
|
Madhya
Pradesh
|
347.58
|
635
|
13
|
Maharashtra
|
111.00
|
2515
|
14
|
Orissa
|
1047.36
|
2073
|
15
|
Punjab
|
0.00
|
0
|
16
|
Rajasthan
|
83.42
|
1118
|
17
|
Tamilnadu
|
1420.11
|
3777
|
18
|
Uttar
Pradesh
|
1184.62
|
2343
|
19
|
Uttarakhand
|
306.55
|
1322
|
20
|
West
Bengal
|
962.47
|
1752
|
Total
|
9796.27
|
32936
|
|
NER
|
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1
|
Arunachal
Pradesh
|
546.38
|
2500
|
2
|
Assam
|
1223.66
|
11663
|
3
|
Manipur
|
1932.84
|
15276
|
4
|
Meghalaya
|
267.94
|
620
|
5
|
Mizoram
|
76.75
|
371
|
6
|
Nagaland
|
1288.46
|
6000
|
7
|
Sikkim
|
0.00
|
0
|
8
|
Tripura
|
525.23
|
2077
|
Total
|
5861.26
|
38507
|
|
Grand
Total
|
15657.53
|
71443
|
|
The information was given by the Minister of Textiles Dr. Kavaru Sambasiva Rao in
the Lok Sabha on 11/02/2013.
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