(a) whether the Government has recently formulated any scheme to set up Common Facility Centres (CFCs) at block/municipality level in order to provide basic facilities for development of handloom industry in the country; and
(b) if so, the details thereof along with the criteria for setting up the said centres?
THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR TEXTILES
(SMT. DARSHANA JARDOSH)
(a) & (b): Under the revised guidelines of National Handloom Development Programme, there is provision for setting up of Common Facility Centre under Project mode, in any Handloom pocket for providing basic facilities to weavers viz. loom, warping, dyeing, yarn depot, skill up-gradation etc. For this purpose, financial assistance upto 80 % of project cost is provided in General States and upto 90% in NER States, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh by Government of India, while remaining project cost and land is provided by State/ Implementing Agency. Proposals are submitted by implementing agency through State Government concerned.
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