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

 

State-wise number of handloom clusters provided financial assistance during 2015-16 to 2021-22 (till February 2022)
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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