HANDLOOM WEAVERS

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:

1. National Handloom Development Programme
2. 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 SHRI PABITRA in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.

State-wise number of handloom weavers including handloom weavers in backward areas benefitted under schemes of Handloom sector during the last five years