(MINISTER OF TEXTILES) (SHRI ANAND SHARMA)
(a) & (b): The Government of India has approved “Revival, Reform & Restructuring Package for Handloom Sector†having
financial implication of Rs. 3884 crore on 24.11.2011. Of this Rs. 3884 crore, share of Government of India is Rs. 3137
crore and that of State Governments Rs. 747 crore. The Package covers loan waiver of 100% of principal and 25% of interest,
which is overdue as on 31.03.2010 in respect of eligible individual handloom weavers and weavers’ cooperative societies.
Interest subsidy of 3% for 3 years is also extended with guarantee for the fresh loans sanctioned by the banks to
individual weavers and the handloom cooperative societies covered by the loan waiver. The National Bank for Agriculture
and Rural Development (NABARD) is the implementing agency.
Till 31.10.2012, Loan Waiver Amount assessed has been reported at Rs.127.59 crore for 19 Apex Societies and
Rs.222.88 crore for 4940 primary cooperative societies and Rs.56.87 crore for 28717 individual weavers and 2399 Self
Help Group. Hence, total amount assessed till 31.10.12 has been reported at Rs.407.34 crore. A sum Rs.200 crore has
been released to NABARD, out of which Rs.27.50 crore has further been released by NABARD as loan waiver and the
remaining awaits release of State’s share as per the norms of the scheme. The details are as under:-
(Rs. in crore)
Release of funds under Financial Package for Loan Waiver of Handloom Sector
S.
No. States Apex Societies Primary Societies Societies Total Individual Weavers Total
No. Amount No. Amount No. Amount
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1. Andhra Pradesh 10.00 - - 10.00 - - 10.00
2. Gujarat 2 1.15 - - 1.15 Â Â 1.15
3. Kerala   - - 968 1.76 1.76
4. Uttarakhand 1 0.13 - - 0.13 46 0.13 0.26
5. Madhya Pradesh - - 44 0.08 0.08
6. Odisha - - 6748 7.65 7.65
7 Sikkim 1 0.07 - - 0.07 0.07
8. Uttar Pradesh - - 14613 6.53 6.53 Total 4 11.35 0 0 11.35 22419 16.15 27.50
(c) & (d): National Centre for Textile Design (NCTD) set up under Office of the Development Commissioner for Handlooms has
also providing online technical support. Domain name of website is www.designdiary.nic.in, which contains information
on textile design, panel of designers, handcrafted textiles of India etc. The information can be accessed free of cost
by the designers manufacturers, Corporations and Societies/weavers etc.
(e): Government of India is providing financial assistance to the State Governments and eligible handloom agencies for
facilitating marketing of handloom products, including Kosa, Baranasi silk etc. through National/State level Handloom
Expos, Special Handloom Expos, District Level events & Urban Haats etc. Recently, this Office had also organised a
National Handloom Expo titled “Banaras Weaves†at Dilli Haat for promotion of Banarasi handloom products. A statement
showing state-wise funds released during the last three years and during the current financial year is enclosed as
Annexure-I. However, under Marketing & Export Promotion scheme, State wise allocation has not been made and amount of
central assistance released on the basis of the viable proposal(s) received from the State Government(s).
