Question : Development of Handicrafts Sector

(a) whether the arts and crafts are struggling to survive in the country particularly in Madhya Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Haryana, Bihar, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Assam and other North-Eastern States and if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor;

(b) the details of Handicraft Service Centre established under the office of Development Commissioner (Handicrafts) for the development of Handicraft sector at the central level in the country especially in Amravati, Assam and other North-Eastern States along with the achievements made during the last three years; and

(c) the State-wise details of the assistance received by the artisans through these Handicrafts Service Centres in Assam and other North-Eastern States during the last three years along with the improvement made in the lives of Handicraft artisans through these centres?

THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR TEXTILES
(SMT. DARSHANA JARDOSH)


(a): No, Sir.

(b) & (c): Presently there is 1 Regional office at Guwahati and 10 Handicrafts Service Centres (HSCs) in Guwahati, Gauripur, Jorhat, Agartala, Shillong, Kohima, Itanagar, Imphal, Gangtok and Aizawal. The Amravati (Maharashtra) region comes under the Jurisdiction of HSC, Nagpur. The State-wise number of programmes conducted and number of artisans benefitted in the North Eastern states is annexed at Annexure.

Annexure referred to in reply part (b) & (c) of the Lok Sabha unstarred question 3227 for answer on 23.03.2022.
State-wise programmes and artisans benefitted for the last three years:

SL. NO. STATE/UT''S No. of Programmes No. of Artisans benefitted
1. Arunachal Pradesh 28 2,316
2. Assam 187 10,090
3. Manipur 93 5,158
4. Meghalaya 25 1,331
5. Mizoram 11 362
6. Nagaland 58 1,851
7. Sikkim 39 1,260
8. Tripura 50 2,039
TOTAL 491 24,407

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