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PEHCHAN scheme to provide new identity to handicraft artisans and help them avail benefits of various schemes

31.14 lakhs handicraft artisans across the country registered under PEHCHAN

Posted On: 02 AUG 2023 6:23PM by PIB Delhi

PEHCHAN scheme was launched in 2016 to provide new identity to handicraft artisans so that the benefits of various schemes are provided to the deserving artisans. Aadhar linked Pehchan Cards are issued after due verification by field functionaries of Office of Development Commissioner (Handicrafts), Ministry of Textiles. Pehchan card holders can avail the benefits of all the handicrafts schemes implemented by Ministry of Textiles.

31.14 lakhs handicraft artisans across the country have been registered as on 30.06.2023. The state-wise data of handicraft artisans is given below.

Registered artisans with Pehchan card can avail the benefits of the National Handicraft Development Programme (NHDP) and Comprehensive Handicrafts Cluster Development Scheme (CHCDS) of Ministry of Textiles.

The details of financial benefits /assistance provided to registered handicraft artisan under the schemes are as under:

  1. Skill & Training upgradation, design development workshops, tool kit distributions, marketing platforms, infrastructural support.
  2. Individual benefits to artisans like Mudra loan, Interest Subvention and Margin Money on Mudra loan.
  3. Shilp Guru and National Awards to master artisans.
  4. Monthly pension of Rs. 8,000 to awardee artisans under indigent circumstances.

Total 1.17 lakhs artisans benefitted through various scheme of the Office of Development Commissioner (Handicrafts) during the year 2022-23.

Handicraft Artisans registered underPehchan Card Scheme”

S. No

States

Artisan Registered

(as on 30.06.2023)

1

A & N Islands

3,201

2

Andhra Pradesh

64,663

3

Arunachal Pradesh

10,343

4

Assam

1,02,932

5

Bihar

1,39,616

6

Chhattisgarh

16,019

7

Delhi

21,309

8

Goa

10,041

9

Gujarat

1,37,816

10

Haryana

51,395

11

Himachal Pradesh

28,234

12

J & K

1,51,203

13

Jharkhand

1,07,940

14

Karnataka

42,577

15

Kerala

52,994

16

Ladakh

3,714

17

Madhya Pradesh

97,036

18

Maharashtra

74,423

19

Manipur

71,093

20

Meghalaya

6,192

21

Mizoram

6,006

22

Nagaland

13,723

23

Odisha

1,92,506

24

Pondicherry

17,560

25

Punjab

38,729

26

Rajasthan

1,62,651

27

Sikkim

3,116

28

Tamil Nadu

67,500

29

Telangana

44,677

30

Tripura

21,038

31

Uttar Pradesh

10,14,283

32

Uttarakhand

42,890

33

West Bengal

2,97,048

 

Total

                                                  31,14,468

 

This information was given by the Union Minister of State for Textiles, Smt. Darshana Jardosh in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.

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