As per All India Handloom Census (2009-10), there are
23.77 lakh handlooms (State-wise details on
Annexure-A) across the country.
Further, there are 44 Apex and 15926 functional Primary Weavers
Cooperative Societies (details on Annexure-B) across the country.
The
Government of India has approved Revival, Reform and Restructuring (RRR)
Package and Comprehensive Package for handloom sector to provide financial as
well as input support to the handloom weavers of the country including the
weavers of Andhra Pradesh. The RRR
package aims at waiving the overdue loans and interest of eligible handloom
cooperative societies and individual weavers as on 31.3.2010, and provides
fresh credit with interest subsidy of 3% for 3 years with credit guarantee to
the societies and weavers which are being benefitted under the RRR
package. Loan to handloom sector at the
rate of 6% has been announced in the Budget announcement 2013-14
The weavers who are not covered under the
RRR package, are
given benefit under the Comprehensive package.
The Comprehensive Package intends to provide two critical components viz, subsidized credit and yarn to the individual
weavers. The credit related
interventions are (i) issuance of weavers’ credit
card; (ii) interest subvention@3% for 3 years on fresh loans
sanctioned; (iii) margin money assistance @ Rs.4200 per handloom weaver and (iv) credit guarantee for 3 years. For ensuring the availability of subsidized
yarn, the government of India is providing 10% price subsidy on domestic silk
and cotton hank yarn to handloom weavers.
Annexure-‘A’
State-wise total Nos. of
Handlooms (As per Census 2009-10)
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|
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Sl. No.
|
State Name
|
Total Nos of handlooms across the country
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1
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Andhra Pradesh
|
124,714
|
|
2
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Arunachal Pradesh
|
27,286
|
|
3
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Assam
|
1,111,577
|
|
4
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Bihar
|
14,973
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|
5
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Chhattisgarh
|
2,471
|
|
6
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Delhi
|
2,560
|
|
7
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Gujarat
|
3,900
|
|
8
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Haryana
|
4,876
|
|
9
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Himachal Pradesh
|
5,578
|
|
10
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Jammu and Kashmir
|
7,301
|
|
11
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Jharkhand
|
2,128
|
|
12
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Karanataka
|
40,488
|
|
13
|
Kerala
|
13,097
|
|
14
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
3,604
|
|
15
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Maharashtra
|
4,511
|
|
16
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Manipur
|
190,634
|
|
17
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Meghalya
|
8,967
|
|
18
|
Mizoram
|
24,136
|
|
19
|
Nagaland
|
47,688
|
|
20
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Orissa
|
43,652
|
|
21
|
Pondicherry
|
1,771
|
|
22
|
Punjab
|
261
|
|
23
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Rajasthan
|
5,403
|
|
24
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Sikkim
|
345
|
|
25
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Tamil Nadu
|
154,509
|
|
26
|
Tripura
|
139,011
|
|
27
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Uttar Pradesh
|
80,295
|
|
28
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Uttarakhand
|
3,766
|
|
29
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West Bengal
|
307,829
|
|
Total
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2,377,331
|
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