IMPLEMENTATION OF SCHEME FOR HANDLOOM WEAVERS IN KARNATAKA

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The Government had released a sum of Rs. 480.65 lakh during 2001-02 and Rs. 498.57 lakh during 2002-03 to Karnataka for implementing the different handloom sector schemes. The details of funds released are :

Amount Released

(Rs. in lakh)

Sl. No.	Name of the Scheme	2001-02	2002-03
1.	Deen Dayal Hathkargha Protsahan Yojana/Project Package Scheme	318.77	156.61
2.	Development of Exportable Products and their Marketing	7.96	--
3.	Workshed-cum-Housing	113.10	250.00
4.	Group Insurance	14.12	7.51
5.	Health Package	--	50.00
6.	Thrift Fund	20.00	10.00
7.	Publicity and Exhibition/Marketing Promotion Programme	6.70	24.45
	Total	480.65	498.57

Under the scheme for supply of yarn at Mill Gate price, the National handloom Development Corporation had supplied yarn worth Rs. 1918.29 lakh during 2001-02 and Rs. 1502.73 lakh during 2002-03 to the handloom weavers and their organizations in Karnataka.

Under the Decentralized Training Programme, 4 training programmes were sanctioned during 2001-02 and 9 training programmes were sanctioned during 2002-03 for the skill up-gradation of handloom weavers in the State of Karnataka.

This was stated by the Minister of State for Textiles, Shri Basanagouda R. Patil, in reply to a question by Shri K.B. Krishna Murthy in the Rajya Sabha today.