(a) the total number of handloom weavers in each State of the country;
(b) the facilities given to these handloom weavers during 2001-2002, 2002-2003, State-wise; and
(c) the amount released to each State for this purpose during the above period?
(a) the total number of handloom weavers in each State of the country;
(b) the facilities given to these handloom weavers during 2001-2002, 2002-2003, State-wise; and
(c) the amount released to each State for this purpose during the above period?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF TEXTILES (SHRI BASANAGOUDA R. PATIL (YATNAL)
(a) As per the joint census of handlooms & powerlooms conducted during 1995 - 96, there were 65.51 lakh persons engaged in the handloom weaving and its associated activities in the country. State-wise details is given at Annexure-I.
(b) and (c) During the year 2001-02, Government of India had implemented a number of Schemes for the overall development of handloom sector and the welfare of the handloom weavers throughout the country, including:
1. Deen Dayal Hathkargha Protsahan Yojana
2. Mill Gate Price Scheme
3. Setting up of Marketing Complexes
4. Publicity and Exhibition Scheme
5. Development of Exportable Products and their Marketing 6. Project Package Scheme
7 Handloom Development Centres/Quality Dyeing Centres
8. Market Development Assistance Scheme
9. Workshed-cum-Housing Scheme 10. Health Package Scheme 11. Group Insurance Scheme 12. Thrift Fund Scheme 13. Setting up of Enforcement Machinery 14. National Centre for Textile Design
The above schemes were continued during 2002-03 in the form of the following Schemes;
1) Design Development & Training Programme 2) Marketing Promotion Programme 3) Mill Gate Price Scheme 4) Deen Dayal Hathkarga Prothsahan Yojana 5) Workshed-cum- Housing Scheme 6) Weavers Welfare Scheme 7) Handloom Export Scheme 8) Implementation of Handlooms (Reservation of Articles for Production) Act, 1985.
S.No Name of the State No. of persons engaged in Weaving and asssociated Activities
1 Andhra Pradesh 490616 2 Arunachal Pradesh 53473 3 Assam 2322268 4 Bihar 110732 5 Chattisgarh 28362 6 Delhi 6708 7 Goa 25 8 Gujarat 57936 9 Haryana 22810 10 Himachal Pradesh 65099 11 Jammu & Kashmir 51847 12 Jharkhand 56975 13 Karnataka 177562 14 Kerala 63153 15 Madhya Pradesh 27744 16 Maharashtra 80901 17 Manipur 462087 18 Meghalaya # # 19 Mizoram # # 20 Nagaland 126228 21 Orissa 246782 22 Pondicherry 7369 23 Punjab 13160 24 Rajasthan 71915 25 Sikkim 1228 26 Tamil Nadu 607675 27 Tripura 291761 28 Uttar Pradesh 401362 29 Uttaranchal 19322 30 West Bengal 686254
Total All India 6551354
# Data not received from Meghalaya and Mizoram
ANNEXURE-II REFERRED TO IN THE REPLY TO PART (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1690 FOR ANSWER ON 01.08.2003
Details of Releases made during 2001-02 & 2002-03 to various States under Different Handloom Schemes
(Rs. in lakhs)
S. No. Name of the State Financial Assistance Released
2001 - 2002 2002 - 2003
1 Andhra Pradesh 1613.93 1320.94 2 Arunachal Pradesh 498.67 66.92 3 Assam 950.85 1133.42 4 Bihar 6.50 6.25 5 Chhattisgarh 61.90 89.71 6 Delhi 23.68 164.02 7 Goa 0.00 0.00 8 Gujarat 241.80 113.01 9 Haryana 44.04 17.57 10 Himachal Pradesh 99.78 239.82 11 Jammu & Kashmir 66.11 127.96 12 Jharkhand 0.00 8.60 13 Karnataka 480.64 498.57 14 Kerala 926.24 1197.77 15 Madhya Pradesh 96.72 114.20 16 Maharashtra 94.26 124.06 17 Manipur 25.04 608.57 18 Meghalaya 12.74 19.73 19 Mizoram 11.00 53.98 20 Nagaland 377.20 163.88 21 Orissa 57.79 159.99 22 Pondicherry 1.23 0.00 23 Punjab 29.38 43.41 24 Rajasthan 66.01 86.53 25 Sikkim 3.99 2.97 26 Tamil Nadu 2104.99 3020.54 27 Tripura 25.97 27.35 28 Uttar Pradesh 769.86 985.24 29 Uttaranchal 40.25 79.22 30 West Bengal 71.53 401.67
Total 8802.10 10875.90