(a) whether the Government is implementing the Handloom Weavers Comprehensive Welfare Scheme for the benefit of weavers in the country;
(b) if so, the details and salient features thereof; and
(c) the financial assistance provided under the scheme and the number of handloom weavers covered under this scheme along with the funds allocated, released and utilized for the purpose during each of the last three years, and the current year State/UT-wise?
MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) IN THE MINISTRY OF TEXTILES
(SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR GANGWAR)
(a): Yes, Madam.
(b): Government of India has been implementing Handloom Weavers Comprehensive Welfare scheme with the following components:-
(i) Health Insurance Scheme(HIS)
The Health Insurance Scheme (HIS) aims to enable the weaver community to access healthcare facilities. HIS was implemented upto 30.9.2014 by Office of the Development Commissioner for Handlooms and now the scheme is implemented on Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) platform by Ministry of Labour & Employment (MoLE) with enhanced benefits of Rs.37500/- (Rs.7500/- and Rs.30000/- for OP & IP treatment respectively) for a family of five members.
(ii) Mahatma Gandhi Bunkar Bima Yojana (MGBBY)
The Mahatma Gandhi Bunkar Bima Yojana aims to provide insurance cover to the handloom weavers in the case of natural death (Rs.60,000/-, accidental death (Rs.1,50,000/-), total disability (Rs.1,50,000/-) and partial disability (Rs.75,000/-).
In addition, scholarship of Rs.300/- per quarter per child is available to students studying in IX to XII standard or for a maximum period of four years, whichever event occurs earlier. The Benefit is restricted to two children of the member covered.
(c): Under the scheme, funds are released directly to the implementing agency and not to any state. However, details of funds allocated, financial assistance provided, funds utilized during last three years are as under:-
(Rs. in crore) Year Funds Financial assistance Funds utilised allocated provided (GOI share) 2011-12 104.50 68.22 68.22 2012-13 150.00 127.03 127.03 2013-14 95.00 66.24 66.24 2014-15 85.00 29.51 (till date) 25.26 (till date)
2011 2012 2013 2014 : 2011 2012 2013 2014 -12 -13 -14 -15 -12 -13 -14 -15 (upto (upto 30.11 30.9 .14) : .14) Andhra Pradesh 77378 74997 70962 52185 : 140000 140043 140043 115882
Arunachal Pradesh 0 0 0 0 : 1787 6000 6000 6000
Assam 54811 58607 58323 26674 : 355322 387563 387563 387563
Bihar 0 545 858 858 : 46300 46300 46300 46300
Chhattisgarh 1582 2695 249 0 : 4900 4953 4953 4953
Delhi 3572 5736 0 0 : 500 00 0 0
Gujarat 5926 5766 6373 6381 : 5000 5018 5018 5018
Haryana 0 130 115 0 : 23100 23000 22999 22999
Himachal Pradesh 6217 6349 4673 2735 : 11900 12030 12017 12017
J & K 468 616 607 203 : 15000 16265 16265 16265
Jharkhand 0 0 418 745 : 15000 15002 15002 15002
Karnataka 41448 42593 44171 41212 : 45000 45000 45000 45000
Kerala 11263 13359 5672 923 : 18900 13084 13084 13084
Madhya Pradesh 1464 1039 1269 57 : 18030 15720 15019 15019
Maharashtra 1086 1122 695 917 : 1527 1687 1687 1687
Manipur 16235 9334 5015 237 : 34587 51135 51135 51135
Meghalaya 14000 0 15500 11942 : 30000 30919 30919 30919
Mizoram 59 0 0 0 : 1129 1386 1386 1386
Nagaland 0 0 0 0 : 50000 39501 39501 39501
Orissa 33195 33102 28698 5418 : 48300 46531 46531 46531
Pondicherry 0 1765 1575 0 : 0 00 0 0
Rajasthan 2986 2376 2821 401 : 4965 4983 4983 4983
Sikkim 104 180 262 129 : 400 342 342 342
Tamil Nadu 264992 244134 234649 0 : 314253 270296 270046 270046
Telangana 0 0 0 16443 : 0 0 0 24148
Tripura 0 1000 24692 200 : 21851 9367 9367 9367
Uttar Pradesh 11449 9920 11952 8433 : 202325 178316 178316 178316
Uttarakhand 1423 819 1065 1109 : 4000 3297 3297 3297
West Bengal 41906 34062 54204 27054 : 352300 381714 381714 381714
TOTAL 591564 550246 599236 204256 : 1766377 1749452 1749452 1749452