THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF TEXTILES (SHRI GINGEE N. RAMACHANDRAN)
(a) Yes Sir.
(b) The Government of India has approved a project involving financial and technical assistance under the Fibres & Handicrafts Programme (FHAP) of Country Cooperation Framework -I (CCF-I) of United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in 1999-2000. The following table provides the sub-projects under the FHAP of CCF-I which are concerned with development of processing of jute products, alongwith the yearwise allocation and release of funds from 2000-01 to 2003-04:
(Rs in lakhs)
Project title 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04
Alloc Released Alloc Released Alloc Released Alloc Released
Betterment of Farmers 13.00 13.00 12.00 12.00 12.00 12.00
Strategic Marketing Plan 25.56 25.56 44.00 44.00
HRD Workers` Training 40.00 40.00 12.00 12.00 5.00 5.00 2.00 2.00
Assistance to NGOs 104.00 104.00 17.50 17.50 81.12 81.12
Transfer of
Technology for Jute
Retting 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 7.60 4.00
Commercialization
Of Technologies 6.00 6.00
Jute Entrepreneurs
Assistance Scheme 29.56 29.56 144.56 144.56 4.04 4.04 1.84
Quality Assurance 49.50 49.50 19.50 19.50 25.00 25.00 33.75
Machinery Development 70.93 70.93 60.00 18.17
Implementation of
Marketing Plan 25.56 25.56 44.00 44.00
(c) Yes, Sir. In addition to the FHAP of CCF-I from 1999-2000, the Ministry of Textiles has introduced the following schemes for development of jute sector:
i) Jute Service Centre Scheme (JSC) ii) Jute Raw Material Bank Scheme (JRMB) iii) Market Support Scheme (MSS) iv) Design/Product Development Scheme (DDS) v) Sales Outlet Scheme vi) Financial Assistance Scheme : (a) Micro Finance Scheme, (b) Capital Subsidy Scheme. vii) External Market Assistance Scheme viii) Jute Manufactures Development Council Incentive Scheme for Modernization of Jute Industry.
(d) Financial provisions regarding the Schemes mentioned in (c) above are given in Annexure-I.
(e) The physical achievements made under these Schemes are given in Annexure-II.
Annexure - I
FINANCIAL POSITION OF GOI SCHEMES NCJD Schemes Rs/Lakhs
STATE Jute Service Centre Scheme
Amount Uutilised for last 3years Budgetary Provision Amount Utilised 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 for 2003-04 up to Sep`03
AndhraPradesh 8.18 6.97 15.92 36.00 10.22
Assam 38.14 43.50 38.45 36.00 23.63
Bihar - - - 22.00 19.56
Delhi 19.32 12.62 16.69 15.90 13.15
Karnataka - - 5.57 14.40 11.07
Madhya Pradesh 25.42 2.97 15.47 15.90 3.46
Maharastra - - - 15.90 3.89
Orissa 10.37 9.25 12.41 10.90 9.87
Rajasthan - - 2.83 4.60 2.00
Sikkim - - 2.52 4.60 3.00
Tamilnadu 27.57 18.20 28.23 31.00 26.55
Tripura 20.36 12.73 13.22 16.90 8.71
Uttar Pradesh 2.09 15.70 14.93 16.90 11.30
West Bengal 42.12 22.67 26.86 34.00 7.14
Related Expenditure 0.84 6.90 2.67 194.41 151.51 195.77 275.00 153.55 NCJD
STATE Jute Raw Material Bank Scheme
Amount Uutilised for last 3years Budgetary Provision Amount Utilised 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 for 2003-04 up to Sep`03
AndhraPradesh 8.13 8.11 10.16 23.05 3.86
Assam 1.22 0.75 3.29 0.29
Bihar 3.29 -
Delhi 2.05 4.12 2.21 3.29 0.84
Gujrat 3.29 -
Hariyana 0.84 1.23 3.29 0.47
Jammu & Kashmir 1.69 -
Karnataka 3.29 -
Madhya Pradesh 1.69 -
Maharastra 1.98 2.46 2.75 3.29 1.05
Manipur 1.18 -
Orissa 3.29 -
Punjab 5.03 3.89 3.68 3.29 1.40
Tamilnadu 0.14 0.65 0.44 3.29 0.17
Uttar Pradesh 5.86 4.57 2.18 9.83 0.81
West Bengal 8.77 30.95 29.27 24.66 11.16
Related Expenditure 0.89 0.86 3.23 34.91 55.61 55.90 95.00 20.05
NCJD Rs/Lakhs
STATE Market Support Scheme Amount Uutilised for last 3years Budgetary Provision Amount Utilised 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 for 2003-04 up to Sep`03
Assam 5.86 6.67 14.90 16.37 6.03
Bihar 3.00 2.00
Delhi 12.54 11.75 11.98 15.57 8.90
GOA 0.50 1.65 1.12
Gujrat 1.50 0.98
Hariyana 3.60 4.68
Jammu & Kashmir 1.20 1.56
Madhya Pradesh 3.00 2.14
Maharastra 2.15 11.20 11.56 5.63
Meghalaya 2.16 2.81
Punjab 2.20 2.86
Rajasthan 4.18 5.43 0.90
Uttar Pradesh 3.92 5.10 2.15
West Bengal 12.88 8.33 13.95 16.41 5.19
Related Expenditure 0.72 - 31.28 28.90 70.51 91.50 35.04 NCJD
STATE Design Development Scheme
Amount Uutilised for last 3years Budgetary Provision Amount Utilised 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 for 2003-04 up to Sep`03
Assam 6.95 10.08 3.05
AP 4.23 6.12
Bihar 4.00
Delhi 3.90 5.66 3.40
Maharastra 10.81 15.67
Meghalaya
Punjab
Rajasthan
Uttar Pradesh 4.66 6.76 1.28
Tamil Nadu 5.11 7.41 2.68
Tripura 1.10 1.60
West Bengal 6.37 8.09 5.90 8.70 4.50
Related Expenditure 6.37 8.09 42.66 62.00 18.91 NCJD
STATE Jute Entrepreneours Assistance Scheme Amount Uutilised for last 3years 2003-04 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03
Assam 23.00 -
AP 10 35.52 55.00 25.96
Gujrat 50.00
Himachal Pradesh 1.50
Hariyana 2.50
Maharastra 25.00
Orissa 3.60
Pandicheri 7.50
Tamil Nadu 50.00
West Bengal 51.52 89.56 39.92 10 74.12 200.08 170.42 35.96 JMDC Schemes Rs. In lakhs Export Market Assistance Scheme(EMA) Amount Uutilised for last 3years 2003-04 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03
The Status of EMA
disbursed by JMDC to 1937.75 1381.17 2210.24
the Indian exporters from
different States JMDC Rs. In lakhs
States JMDC Incentive Scheme for modernisation 2003-04+
Andhra Pradesh 11.53
Uttar Pradesh 5.53 Total 17.06
+The scheme started in 2003.
ANNEX-II
PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE OF GOI SCHEMES DURING THE 9TH & 10TH FIVE YEAR PLAN
Name of the Scheme 1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 (upto Sept` 03)
Jute Service Centre Scheme
Training Programmes 37 62 82 167 136 211 103
Workshops & Demonstration 42 32 40 25 2 - 4
Beneficiaries trained 4500 6098 5650 5238 3011 5275 2575
No. of Trainees employed 1885 2439 2260 2462 1313 2479 715
Jute Yarn Bank Scheme
Yarn Sale (in MT) 843 1300 1500 1543 1336 1125 344
Laminated Fabric Sale
(in `000 mtr.) 67 170 230 267 1656.8 1797.7 473.7
No. of Beneficiaries 24 18 950 998 1345 1462 2437
Design Development Scheme
Awareness Workshop 3 10 8 26 27 34 -
New Design Development 132 150 345 259 157 311 -
Beneficiaries Supported 189 235 265 514 579 670 -
Design Commercialised 40 37 65 67 114 102 -
Market Support Scheme
Exhibition & Buyer-Seller Meet 5 43 24 35 45 28 9
No. of Units Supported 114 415 235 360 414 285 107
Average Sale Per Programme
(in Rs. Lakhs) 1.00 0.95 0.80 0.90 1.70 2.95 3.02
Jute Entrepreneurs Assistance Scheme
No. of units assisted 19 18 6 14 7 8 -
Estimated employment 970 1165 240 200 280 920 -
NGO Assistance Scheme
No. of units assisted 60 50 4 43 23 46 -
Estimated no. of beneficiaries 3300 300 240 1995 605 1380 -
NCJD - PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE UNDER UNDP SCHEMES
PROJECT IMPLEMENTING AGENCY CUMULATIVE ACHIEVEMENT
BETTERMENT OF FARMERS THE SOUTH INDIA TEXTILE RESEARCH 600 KG OF JRC-321 SEEDS MULTIPLIED IN ASSOCIATION 120 ACRES OF LANDS95 MT FIBRES CULTIVATED BY 653 FARMERS. 3 VALUE-ADDED PRODUCTS DEVELOPED (A) FIRE-RESISTANT UPHOLSTERY FOR KITCHENS, (B) TABLE-MATS / FLOOR MATS USING JUTE SEEDS, (C) JUTE-ACRYLIC SWEATERS. 1 JUTE PROMOTION CENTRE AT COOCHBEHAR ESTABLISHED. 2 EQUIPMENTS INSTALLED
STRATEGIC MKTG. PLAN JUTE MANUFACTURERS DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL 1 DELEGATION ABROAD, 5 FAIRS ABROAD, JUTE INDIA 2002 ORGANISED, 4 TECHNICAL WORKSHOPS ON JUTE GEOTEXTILES & 1 ON JUTE COMPOSITES/TECHNICAL TEXTILES.
HRD WORKERS` TRAINING INSTIUTE OF JUTE TECHNOLOGY 9 TRAINING CENTRES SET UP. 1 TRAINING MODULES IN 2 LANGUAGES, 8 TRAINING MANUALS PRINTED IN 2 LANGUAGES. 10884 WORKERS, 255 SUPERVISORS & 30 MASTER TRAINERS HAVE BEEN TRAINED.
ASSISTANCE TO NGOS NATIONAL CENTRE FOR JUTE 25 WORKSHOPS ORGANISED, 119 NGOS SANCTIONED DIVERSIFICATION [RS. 168 LAKHS], EMPLOYMENT GENERATED TO 4167 PERSONS.
TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGY GREGOR MENDEL BIOTECHNOLOGICAL SINCE THIS ONE IS COMPLETELY AN R&D ACTIVITY,
FOR JUTE RETTING RESEARCH & EXTENSION FOUNDATION THE BENEFITS ARE YET TO YIELD. MAIN OBJECTIVE OF THE PROJECT WAS TO GROW BETTER AND IMPROVED QUALITY CROP THROUGH ENZYMATIC RETTING TO DEVELOP MARKETABLE PRODUCTS IN THE RURAL SECTOR. TO MAKE FARMERS AWARE OF THIS NEW PROTOCOL, WORKSHOPS HAVE BEEN ORGANISED.
COMMERCIALISATION OF NATIONAL CENTRE FOR JUTE 6 WORKSHOPS ORGANISED
TECHNOLOGIES DIVERSIFICATION
JUTE ENTREPRENEURS NATIONAL CENTRE FOR JUTE 7 UNITS FINANCED FROM NCJD CORPUS FUND
ASSISTANCE SCHEME DIVERSIFICATION
QUALITY ASSURANCE INDIAN JUTE INDUSTRIES` 1145 SAMPLES TESTED, NORMS FOR JUTE AND RESEARCH ASSOCIATION BLENDED YARN [SHORT STAPLE] FORMULATED, 9 TESTING INSTRUMENTS DEVELOPED
MACHINERY DEVELOPMENT NATIONAL CENTRE FOR JUTE DEVELOPMENT WORK IS GOING ON FOR 6 MACHINES DIVERSIFICATION INDIGENOUSLY AS FOLLOWS : 1)BREAKER-CUM-FINISHER CARD COMBINED WITH TRANSFER MECHANISM, 2) BREAKER-CUM-FINISHER CARD WITH DRAWHEAD AND CAN CHANGER, 3) SHUTTLELESS LOOM, 4) HIGH SPEED FLYER/RING SPINNING MACHINE, 5) HIGH SPEED FLYER FRAME, 6) AUTOMATIC JUTE BAG MAKING MACHINE.
JMDC - PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE UNDER EXTERNAL MARKET ASSISTANCE SCHEME:
The implementation of EMA scheme produced a positive impact on export of major items of jute goods such as : Hessian, Sacking and Yarn. Some new exportable jute products like food grade cloth/bags, jute geotextiles have also shown impressive performance. Further, export of Jute Diversified Products with floor coverings and shopping bags as the major components has shown phenomenal growth during 2002-03 as compared to the previous year. The following table on export performance of jute goods from India for the last five years will substantiate the fact:
Qty: 000`MT Value: Rs./Million
Year Quantity Value
1998-99 171.0 5822.60
1999-2000 147.1 5518.18
2000-2001 187.0 6912.20
2001-2002 148.2 6133.22
2002-03 226.00 9133.21
