Question : Financial Assistance to Handicraft and Textile Industry

(a) whether the Government proposes to provide financial assistance and raw material to handicraft/textile industry to make it competitive globally;

(b) if so, whether the Government proposes to set up textile clusters to generate employment opportunities in textile industry;

(c) if so, the details thereof, Statewise;

(d) the details of concession and incentives being provided by the Government for the said purpose; and

(e) the steps taken or proposed to be taken by the Government in this regard?

MINISTER OF TEXTILES
(SMT. SMRITI JUBIN IRANI)
(a) to (e) The Government provides financial assistance and raw material to eligible Handicrafts/Textiles workers under various textiles schemes the details of which are given at Annexure.
The Government is also providing financial assistance for setting up Mega clusters to create world-class infrastructure to integrate the production chain by filling the gaps to fulfill the felt needs of the existing clusters and to increase production/exports and to generate employment opportunities in the textile industry. The details of the sanctioned/proposed mega clusters/Block Level Clusters is given below:

1. Under Comprehensive Handicrafts Cluster Development Scheme 9 mega Clusters have been sanctioned viz. Moradabad, Narsapur, J&K Srinagar Carpet, J&K other than carpet, Lucknow, Bareilly, Jodhpur, Mirzapur-Bhadohi, and Kutchh-Bhuj.

2. Under National Handloom Development Programme and Comprehensive Handlooms Cluster Development Scheme, 412 Block Level Clusters have been sanctioned since 2015-16 to 2018-19 in different states viz. Arunchal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Odisha, Sikkim, Tripura, West Bengal, Chattisgarh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Telangana.

3. 5 mega-clusters have been sanctioned under Comprehensive Powerloom Cluster Development Scheme(CPCDS) at following clusters viz. Erode(Tamil Nadu), Bhilwara (Rajasthan), Ichalkaranji (Maharashtra), Surat(Gujarat), Solapur(Maharashtra):

4. Government has also decided to setup one Silk Mega Cluster at Mysore(Karnataka).