MINISTER OF MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
(SHRI NITIN GADKARI)
(a) to (d): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO THE PARTS (a) TO (d) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION No.*72 FOR ANSWER ON 06.02.2020
(a): The main objective of the SFURTI scheme is to organize the traditional industries and artisans into clusters to make them competitive, provide support for their long term sustainability, to provide sustained employment for traditional industry artisans & rural entrepreneurs, to enhance marketability of products etc. The scheme provides support in the form of two interventions viz. Hard Interventions and Soft Interventions. Hard Interventions include creation of Common Facility Centres (CFCs), Raw material banks (RMBs), Up-gradation of production infrastructure, Tools and technological up-gradation etc. Soft Interventions include counselling, trust building, skill development and capacity building etc.
The scheme was revamped in 2014-15 and further revised in 2017-18. Under the revised scheme, two types of clusters are set up. The maximum financial assistance provided is Rs.2.50 crore for a Regular Cluster (upto 500 artisans) and Rs.5.00 crore for a Major Cluster (more than 500 artisans).
To expand the reach of the scheme, 20 more Nodal Agencies have been appointed under the scheme during 2019-20 besides the existing 8 Nodal Agencies. KVIC has also been asked to develop Honey clusters as per SFURTI Guidelines.
(b)&(c): Under the scheme, only traditional industry clusters are set up. A list of 226 clusters approved under the scheme till date indicating the state, amount of funds allocated to each cluster and number of individual artisans and weavers supported under the scheme, including 45 clusters in the State of Odisha is placed at Annexure.
(d): In 2014-15, as against a target of 71 clusters to be set up during 12th Five Year Plan period, 72 clusters were approved till 2017-18. During 2018-20 (till 31.01.2020), 154 clusters have been approved against the target of 100 clusters. In the year 2018-19, 70 proposals and in 2019-20 (till 31.01.2020), 84 proposals have been approved, which is a substantial jump over the period from 2014-15 to 2017-18. These clusters have been set across the country including in NER and Andaman & Nicobar. 54 clusters have become functional so far, out of which 51 clusters were made operational during 2019-20 (till 31.01.2020).
The sectors covered under SFURTI include Khadi products, Honey & related products, Coir & related products, Handloom, Traditional dress making, Handicraft, Traditional arts like – Kalamkari, Dokra art, Aipan art, Food processing, Bamboo products etc.
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