(a) whether the Government has constituted any monitoring committee to monitor the functioning of Weavers’ Service Centre and if so, the details thereof;
(b) the number of problems of weavers solved by the Monitoring Committee in the country including the States of Bihar and Madhya Pradesh, State-wise; and
(c) whether any initiative has been taken by the Government to connect Weavers’ Service Centres with e-commerce and if so, the details thereof?
MINISTER OF STATE FOR TEXTILES
(SHRI AJAY TAMTA)
(a) & (b): Every Weavers’ Service Centre has an Advisory Committee which is having mandate of guiding Weavers’ Service Centre in all its activities to bring about meaningful interaction between various stakeholders for the development of Handloom Sector. In addition, Bunkar Mitra – Helpline for handloom weavers has been started for addressing the queries/grievances of handloom weavers. In the month of January total 2677 queries were received and all have been addressed with necessary assistance of the Weavers’ Service Centres. The state wise queries received are at Annexure-I.
(c): Weavers’ Service Centres are facilitating handloom weavers in selling their products through various e-commerce entities. In addition, to provide direct market access facility to handloom weavers, a direct marketing portal “www.indiahandmadebazaar.com” has been launched in which weavers can upload details of their products, prices, and photographs etc. themselves. The buyer can view the products and also send a query to concerned weaver through this portal.