Question : IDENTITY CARDS TO WEAVERS

(a) the number of male and female weavers in the country, State-wise;

(b) the number of weavers issued identity cards out of them;

(c) whether reports have been received that fake claimants are taking benefits of the Government schemes meant for bonafide weavers on the identity cards issued to the bonafide weavers;

(d) if so, whether any investigation has been conducted in this regard;

(e) if so, the outcome thereof; and

(f) the remedial measures taken by the Government in this regard?

Answer given by the minister

MINISTER OF TEXTILES (SHRI DAYANIDHI MARAN)
(a) to (f): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

STATEMENT REFERED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (f) OF THE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 378 TO BE ANSWERED ON 19.08.2010

(a): As per the Joint Census of Handlooms & Powerlooms (1995-96), there were 33.26 lakh handloom weavers excluding ancillary workers. Out of this, 12.22 lakh and 21.04 lakh were male and female respectively. The state wise details are as follows:-

Sr. No. State	Male	Female	Total

1	Andhra Pradesh	155086	63163	218249
2	Arunachal Pradesh	283	29133	29416
3	Assam	103890	1100757	1204647
4	Bihar	62360	7835	70195
6	Delhi	2814	149	2963
7	Goa	10	4	14
8	Gujarat	15319	5214	20533
9	Haryana	2331	2620	4951
10	Himachal Pradesh	31074	16215	47289
11	Jammu & Kashmir	15548	4078	19626
13	Karnataka	54740	14843	69583
14	Kerala	15757	16272	32029
15	Madhya Pradesh	17422	4954	22376
16	Maharashtra	30823	6021	36844
17	Manipur	2412	415563	417975
18	Meghalaya#
19	Mizoram#
20	Nagaland	615	79201	79816
21	Orissa	74917	14692	89609
22	Pondicherry	2607	533	3140
23	Punjab	4068	1816	5884
24	Rajasthan	28959	6953	35912
25	Sikkim
26	Tamil Nadu	220100	88583	308683
27	Tripura	30510	100564	131074
28	Uttar Pradesh	160472	48960	209432
30	West Bengal	190084	75764	265848	Total All India	1222201	2103887	3326088

# The table excludes states of Meghalaya, Mizoram and Sikkim and Union Territory of Dadra, Nagar & Haveli

(b) to (f): The Third All India Handloom Census and Issue of Photo Identity Cards to the Handloom weavers and allied workers under Diversified Handloom Development Scheme is underway. The significant features of this Census are as follows:-

(i) Enumeration of weavers as well as allied workers along with their family members. In the previous Census, allied workers and their families were not covered.

(ii) Details of looms, cloth production, income levels etc.

(iii) Issuance of photo Identity cards on completion of enumeration. This was not there in the previous census.

No photo identity cards have been issued so far under this scheme. Hence, the issue of fake claimants misusing the identity cards issued to bonafide weavers does not arise. However, for the limited purpose of enabling the weavers to participate in the marketing events, craft melas and Dilli Haat under Marketing and Export Promotion Scheme, 5,000 identity cards have been issued to the weavers so far by various Weaversâ€™ Service Centres in the country.

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