Ministry of Textiles has been providing need based financial assistance across the country since, 2015-16 to 2021-22 to 508 handloom clusters, based on the proposals received from State/UT Governments. State/UT-wise number of handloom clusters provided financial assistance in the country is Annexed.
8 mega handloom clusters have been provided financial assistance for different projects in the country, namely Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh), Sivasagar (Assam), Virudhunagar (Tamil Nadu), Murshidabad (West Bengal), Prakasam& Guntur districts (Andhra Pradesh), Godda & neighbouring districts (Jharkhand) Bhagalpur (Bihar) and Trichy (Tamil Nadu). Besides, one mega handloom cluster at Imphal (East) in Manipur State has been approved in current year 2021-22.
Annexure
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State-wise number of handloom clusters provided financial assistance during 2015-16 to 2021-22 (till February 2022) |
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|
S. No. |
States |
No. of handloom clusters provided financial assistance |
|
1 |
Andhra Pradesh |
66 |
|
2 |
Arunachal Pradesh |
11 |
|
3 |
Assam |
59 |
|
4 |
Bihar |
17 |
|
5 |
Chhattisgarh |
12 |
|
6 |
Gujarat |
5 |
|
7 |
Himachal Pradesh |
10 |
|
8 |
Jammu & Kashmir |
15 |
|
9 |
Jharkhand |
30 |
|
10 |
Karnataka |
9 |
|
11 |
Kerala |
11 |
|
12 |
Ladakh |
1 |
|
13 |
Madhya Pradesh |
9 |
|
14 |
Maharashtra |
6 |
|
15 |
Manipur |
20 |
|
16 |
Meghalaya |
3 |
|
17 |
Mizoram |
15 |
|
18 |
Nagaland |
13 |
|
19 |
Odisha |
30 |
|
20 |
Rajasthan |
2 |
|
21 |
Sikkim |
1 |
|
22 |
Tamil Nadu |
58 |
|
23 |
Telangana |
15 |
|
24 |
Tripura |
9 |
|
25 |
Uttar Pradesh |
52 |
|
26 |
Uttarakhand |
3 |
|
27 |
West Bengal |
26 |
|
|
Total |
508 |
This information was given by the Minister of State for Textiles Smt. Darshana Jardosh in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.
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