(a) the present status of the Scheme of Fund for Regeneration of Traditional Industries (SFURTI);
(b) the total allocation for this scheme and the mechanism for utilisation of the fund;
(c) the details of main traditional industries coming under the purview of this scheme; and
(d) the extent to which the traditional industries have been benefited by the said scheme State and Union Territory-wise particularly in Kerala?
MINISTER FOR MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
(SHRI MAHABIR PRASAD)
(a): Under the ‘Scheme of Fund for Regeneration of Traditional Industries (SFURTI)’ 122
clusters (34 khadi, 62 village industries and 26 coir) have been approved by the Scheme
Steering Committee of the Scheme for their development. 19 reputed national level Institutions
with expertise in cluster development methodology have been identified as Technical
Agencies to provide technical support to the Nodal Agencies i.e. Khadi and Village Industries
Commission (KVIC) and Coir Board and the Implementing Agencies of the Scheme. Further, the
other formalities/activities for development of these clusters like obtaining consent of
State Governments, training to staff of Nodal Agencies and Implementing Agencies, appointment
of Cluster Development Executives (CDE) and their training, preparation of annual action
plan, diagnostic study report, etc, have been completed in most of the clusters.
(b) SFURTI has been launched to develop around 100 clusters in khadi, village industries
and coir sectors with a total plan allocation of Rs. 97.25 crore. Release of funds under
this scheme is cluster specific. The Government of India releases funds to the Nodal
Agencies i.e. KVIC and Coir Board who are responsible for holding and disbursement of funds
to the approved Implementing Agencies and monitoring of the scheme. These funds are released
by them to the Implementing Agencies as per their requirement.
(c) Khadi, village and coir industries including leather and pottery are covered under
SFURTI.
(d) 122 traditional industry clusters from khadi, village and coir sectors covering all
the States/UTs including Kerala have been approved for their development under SFURTI. The
State-wise number of clusters approved is given at Annex.