MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) IN THE MINISTRY OF TEXTILES (SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR GANGWAR)
(a) & (b): Yes Madam. The Government of India is aware that handloom weavers and their cooperative societies are facing hardships due to availability of cheaper imported fabric mainly from China and stiff competition from power loom and mill sector due to high input cost & low productivity etc. besides non-availability of credit from institutional sources for working capital due to accumulated debts.
To address the accumulated debt issue, the Government of India, in November, 2011, has approved Revival, Reform and Restructuring (RRR) package for waiver of overdue loan (100% principal and 25% of interest) as on 31.3.2010 and to provide recapitalization assistance to eligible apex and primary weavers cooperative societies & individual weavers alongwith access to subsidized credit with 3% interest subvention, which has been further modified and now loan to handloom cooperatives and individual weavers is given at 6% interest with GoI interest subvention upto max.7%. The RRR Package has been implemented upto 28.02.2014. The State-wise details of waiver of overdue loan and recapitalization assistance approved under RRR package is given in Annexure-I.
Annexure-I
State-wise details of waiver of overdue loom as on 31.3.2010 & recapitalization assistance approved by State Implementation Monitoring & Review Committee under RRR Package & No. of Apex Weavers cooperative Society, Primary Weavers Cooperative Society, Self Help Group & Individual Weavers.
S.N. Name of Amount Details of beneficiaries
the State of claims
approved
by SIMRC
(Rs in
crore)
AWCS PWCS SHGs Individual
weaver
1 Andhra Pradesh 200.26 1 606 0 9450
2 Assam 46.76 1 1616 475 2533
3 Bihar 5.61 1 123 0 1705
4 Chhattisgarh 12.60 1 154 0 194
5 Delhi 2.02 4 117 0 0
6 Gujarat 8.57 2 199 0 419
7 Haryana 0.36 0 2 0 69
8 Himachal 10.66 2 171 26 370
Pradesh
9 J & K 3.18 2 105 0 112
10 Jharkhand 3.54 0 59 0 369
11 Karnataka 9.37 1 219 2 822
12 Kerala 210.66 1 367 0 1117
13 Madhya Pradesh 2.81 0 68 2 278
14 Maharashtra 8.84 1 507 0 0
15 Manipur 30.80 1 1640 1107 0
16 Meghalaya 0.09 0 0 0 24
17 Mizoram 4.39 1 124 0 51
18 Odisha 128.91 2 430 2539 10884
19 Puducherry 3.52 1 8 0 0
20 Rajasthan 8.11 1 43 11 216
21 Sikkim 0.08 0 1 0 0
22 Tamil Nadu 162.34 1 718 101 520
23 Tripura 1.25 0 18 0 3
24 Uttarakhand 2.58 0 63 2 47
25 Uttar Pradesh 108.94 14 1876 1150 21964
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