For the purpose of providing various concessions, benefits and support to handloom organisations/weavers including handloom weavers’ cooperative societies, Ministry of Textiles is implementing following schemes across the country:
- National Handloom Development Programme
- Raw Material Supply Scheme
Under the above schemes, financial assistance/concessions are provided for raw materials, upgraded looms & accessories, solar lighting units, construction of workshed, product & design development, technical and common infrastructure, marketing support for handloom products in domestic/overseas markets, concessional loans under weavers’ MUDRA scheme and social security etc.
Ministry of Textiles, Office of Development Commissioner for Handlooms has sanctioned 356 Small and 2 Mega Handloom clusters, organised 880 Marketing events, sanctioned 42,895 MUDRA Loans, enrolled 5,34,162 weavers under PMJJBY/PMSBY and formed 163 Producer Companies to benefit Handloom weavers across the country during last 5 years.
The details regarding State-wise number of handloom weavers including handloom weavers in backward areas benefitted under schemes of Handloom sector during the last five years are given at Annexure-I.
This information was provided by THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR TEXTILES PABITRA in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha.
(Lok Sabha US Q368)
State-wise number of handloom weavers including handloom weavers in backward areas benefitted under schemes of Handloom sector during the last five years
| SI. No. | State | Weavers benefitted |
| 1 | Andhra Pradesh | 85,201 |
| 2 | Arunachal Pradesh | 1,356 |
| 3 | Assam | 46,120 |
| 4 | Bihar | 5,968 |
| 5 | Chhattisgarh | 7,509 |
| 6 | Delhi | 172 |
| 7 | Goa | 27 |
| 8 | Gujarat | 3,192 |
| 9 | Haryana | 3,514 |
| 10 | Himachal Pradesh | 2,319 |
| 11 | Jammu & Kashmir | 4,551 |
| 12 | Jharkhand | 5,713 |
| 13 | Karnataka | 25,440 |
| 14 | Kerala | 17,140 |
| 15 | Madhya Pradesh | 4,657 |
| 16 | Maharashtra | 4,515 |
| 17 | Manipur | 30,009 |
| 18 | Meghalaya | 494 |
| 19 | Mizoram | 2,617 |
| 20 | Nagaland | 1,073 |
| 21 | Odisha | 34,538 |
| 22 | Puducherry | 1,520 |
| 23 | Punjab | 567 |
| 24 | Rajasthan | 1,465 |
| 25 | Sikkim | 81 |
| 26 | Tamil Nadu | 1,25,463 |
| 27 | Telangana | 44,871 |
| 28 | Tripura | 1,749 |
| 29 | Uttar Pradesh | 1,20,818 |
| 30 | Uttarakhand | 5,302 |
| 31 | West Bengal | 55,964 |
| 32 | All India (non-state specific) | 1,060 |
| Total | 6,44,985 | |
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