A total of 508 handloom clusters provided need based financial assistance by the Ministry of Textiles across the country since 2015-16 to 2021-22
8 mega handloom clusters given financial assistance for different projects in the country
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 & neighboring 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.
State-wise number of handloom clusters provided financial assistance during 2015-16 to 2021-22 (till February 2022)
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.
