Clusters for Promotion of Handloom Industry
The Finance Minister in the Budget 2014-15 announced for setting up of
Textile mega clusters at Bareily, Lucknow, Surat, Kuttch, Bhagalpur, Mysore and
one in Tamil Nadu with a budget outlay of Rs
The
Finance Minister in the Budget 2014-15 announced for setting up of Textile mega
clusters at Bareily, Lucknow, Surat, Kuttch, Bhagalpur, Mysore and one in Tamil
Nadu with a budget outlay of Rs.200 crore. This includes two mega handloom
clusters at Bhagalpur (Bihar) & Trichy (Tamil Nadu). State-wise textile mega
clusters with their duration and activities are as follows:-
|
State
|
Sector
|
Name of the Cluster
|
Duration
|
Activities
|
|
Bihar
|
Handloom
|
Bhagalpur
|
5 years
|
Activities are need based and vary from cluster to cluster, which may
include technology up-gradation, design development, product
diversifications, setting up of Common Facility Centres, value addition,
skill up-gradation, construction of workshed, market development etc.
|
|
Tamil Nadu
|
Trichy
|
|
Gujarat
|
Handicrafts
|
Kuttch
|
4 years
|
|
Powerloom
|
Surat
|
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
Handicrafts
|
Bareily, Lucknow
|
|
Karnataka
|
Silk
|
Mysore
|
This
information was given by the Minister of State (Independent Charge) in the
Ministry of Textiles Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar in a written reply in Lok Sabha
today.
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(Release ID :112570)