The Union Minister of State for Textiles, Smt. Darshana Jardosh in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today informed that, Ministry of Textiles has issued PAHCHAN cards to 30.53 lakhs handicrafts artisans and 30.90 lakhs handloom weavers across country under PAHCHAN initiative since its inception.  The details of card holders are available on the website of Office of the Development Commissioner of Handicraft and Handloom.

The State wise details of the beneficiaries MUDRA loan who are PAHCHAN card holders during the last three years are annexed at Annexure.

A total of 28,597 artisan have been trained through different design and skill interventions of Office of the Development Commissioner for Handicrafts.

Indian Institute of Carpet Technology (IICT), Bhadohi and Indian Institute of Handloom Technology (IIHT), Varanasi are already functioning in Uttar Pradesh for overall development of artisans and weavers.

 

Annexure

Sr. No.	State wise No. of applications of Handicrafts Artisans & Handloom weavers for MUDRA loan during last three years (2019-2020 to 2021-2022).
	State	No. of beneficiaries
	Andhra Pradesh	11,671
	Arunachal Pradesh	23
	Assam	316
	Bihar	169
	Chhattisgarh	100
	Delhi	37
	Goa	7
	Gujarat	431
	Haryana	169
	Himachal Pradesh	60
	Jammu & Kashmir	1,993
	Jharkhand	35
	Karnataka	558
	Kerala	1,981
	Madhya Pradesh	295
	Maharashtra	547
	Manipur	9
	Meghalaya	6
	Mizoram	22
	Nagaland	83
	Odisha	306
	Pondicherry	6
	Punjab	59
	Rajasthan	1,230
	Sikkim	19
	Tamilnadu	25,576
	Telangana	1,768
	Uttar Pradesh	1,158
	Uttarakhand	60
	West Bengal	137
	Total	48,831

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