To uplift the handloom industry, Government has introduced many schemes. Fibre2fashion highlights the Government Schemes and its effectiveness.
Government Schemes for the upliftment of the Handlooms Industry
The Ministry of Textiles announced the following five Schemes in the 11th Five year plan by merging the different Schemes of 10th Five year plan.
Office of the Development Commissioner for Handlooms New Delhi headed by Shri B.K. Sinha, IAS, Development Commissioner for Handlooms, functioning under the Ministry of Textiles, administers these five schemes for the Promotion and Development of the Handloom Sector and also provides assistance to the Handloom Weavers in 4 varieties of ways. Its subordinate organizations include Weavers' Service Centre (WSCs), Indian Institute of Handloom Technology (IIHTs) and the Regional Office of the DCH (Enforcement Wing)
Following are the abstracts of the five schemes of 11th Five year plan. The complete details can be obtained from www.handlooms.nic.in
Five Schemes of 11th Five Year Plan
1. Integrated Handlooms Development Scheme (IHDS)
Part-A:
Cluster Development Programme (Assistance for Handloom cluster, having Handlooms in the range of 300-500).
Part-B:
"Group Approach" for Development of Handlooms.
Part-C:
Financial Assistance to the Handloom Organizations.
Part-D:
Assistance for Innovative ideas and publicity monitoring, Supervision, Training & Evaluation of Scheme.
2. Mill Gate Price Scheme
3. Handloom Weavers Welfare Scheme
A. Health Insurance Scheme.
B. Mahatma Gandhi Bunkar Bima Yojana Schemes (MGBBY)
Health Insurance Scheme (HIS)
Mahatma Gandhi Bunkar Bima Yojana Schemes (MGBBY)
4. Marketing and Export Promotion Scheme
A. Market Promotion Scheme.
B. Export Promotion Scheme.
Market Promotion Scheme:
Export Promotion Scheme:
5. Diversified Handloom Development Scheme
A. Weavers Service Centre, (WSC).
B. Indian Institute of Handloom Technology (IIHTs).
C. National Centre for Textile Designs (NCTD).
To check effectiveness of these schemes Fibre2fashion exclusively spoke with Mr. Ramachandrappa. T. N. - Cluster Development Executive -IHCDP, GADAG. As per him "The schemes of DC (H) in the 11th plan are really beneficial to handloom weavers. As per our 2 years experience in handling the scheme of Integrated Handloom Development Programme scheme, as a Cluster Development Executive, it is useful to handloom weavers coming under Corporate Body, Cooperative Societies, Master Weavers, Self-Help Group & also individual weavers as follows:
In addition to the above, we have implemented such type of other activities related to development of handloom weavers in our cluster."
He also shares the steps taken to educate the weavers about welfare schemes "By conducting the awareness workshop to the weavers and cluster actors, and conducting baseline survey in detail, preparing the action plan on the basis of baseline survey, the scheme is implemented."
Reference:
www.handlooms.nic.in
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