PARLIAMENT QUESTION: FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE UNDER NHDP
The Cluster Development Programme (CDP), a component of National Handloom Development Programme (NHDP) provides need based financial support through various interventions like upgraded looms & accessories, construction of worksheds, solar lighting units, product & design development etc., across the country including State of Andhra Pradesh, based on the proposals received from States/UTs Government. On receipt of proposals from State Government of Andhra Pradesh, financial assistance of Rs.1,790.05 Lakh have been provided for 44 CDPs during last three years and current financial year from 2021-22 to 2024-25 (till 20.03.2025). District-wise details of CDPs assisted, fund sanctioned/released and utilized in the State of Andhra Pradesh during last three years and current financial year from 2021-22 to 2024-25 (till 20.03.2025) is at below. In Kakinada District of Andhra Pradesh State, 03 handloom clusters have been financially assisted covering 1,333 beneficiaries for various interventions like upgraded looms & accessories, construction of worksheds, solar lighting units, product & design development etc. and Rs.77.137 lakh sanctioned/released during 2021-22 to 2024-25 (till 20.03.2025), of which Rs.65.39 lakh utilized. As per the existing guidelines of National Handloom Development Programme (NHDP), there is no provision for providing financial support for setting up of Common Facility Centres (CFCs) and yarn bank. Therefore, no financial assistance has been released under the scheme for this purpose during last three years and the current financial year from 2021-22 to 2024-25 (till 20.03.2025). Further, no financial support has been provided to any States including Andhra Pradesh for setting up of dye house across during last three years and current financial year . 29 Weavers Service Centres (WSCs) are functional in the different parts of the country in all States/UTs including State of Andhra Pradesh under their jurisdictions. State/UT-wise details of skill training provided under SAMARTH-Scheme (Scheme for Capacity Building in Textiles Sector) to handloom weavers during last three years and current financial year from 2021-22 to 2024-25 (till 20.03.2025) is at below. District-wise detail of skill training provided in the State of Andhra Pradesh through Weavers Service Centre, Vijayawada during last three years and current financial year from 2021-22 to 2024-25 (till 20.03.2025) is at below. Statement referred to in reply of part (a) District-wise details of CDPs financially assisted, funds released and utilized in Andhra Pradesh State under NHDP during 2021-22 to 2024-25 (till 20.03.2025) Sl. No. District No. of CDPs Funds released (Rs. in Lakh) Funds Utilized (Rs. in Lakh) 1 2 3 4 5 1 Anakapalli 1 48.78 41.93 2 Ananthapuramu 3 107.89 8.48 3 Annamayya 4 228.50 31.37 4 Bapatla 1 58.89 0.00 5 Chittoor 2 98.89 91.70 6 East Godavari 3 81.69 65.42 7 Guntur 5 284.36 197.67 8 Kakinada 3 77.14 65.39 9 Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Konaseema 2 81.79 65.33 10 Kurnool 2 90.57 76.05 11 Parvathipuram Manyam 2 50.84 37.18 12 Nandyal 1 44.43 9.08 13 Palnadu 1 34.60 0.00 14 Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore 2 69.69 58.23 15 Srikakulam 4 124.84 92.54 16 Sri Sathya Sai 2 34.34 1.20 17 Tirupati 3 144.03 0.03 18 Vizianagaram 1 47.18 42.43 19 West Godavari 2 81.61 59.59 Total 44 1,790.05 943.62 Statement referred to in reply of part (d) State-wise details of no. of persons trained under SAMARTH during 2021-22 to 2024-25 (till 20.03.2025) Sl. No. State No. of persons trained 1 Andhra Pradesh 1,425 2 Arunachal Pradesh 225 3 Assam 1,979 4 Bihar 947 5 Chhattisgarh 807 6 Delhi 305 7 Goa 55 8 Gujarat 1,067 9 Haryana 333 10 HP 294 11 J&K 992 12 Jharkhand 931 13 Karnataka 1,165 14 Kerala 1,670 15 Madhya Pradesh 1,274 16 Maharashtra 1,632 17 Manipur 1,220 18 Meghalaya 163 19 Mizoram 753 20 Nagaland 585 21 Odisha 1,259 22 Punjab 139 23 Rajasthan 646 24 Tamilnadu 2,099 25 Telangana 1,940 26 Tripura 827 27 Uttar Pradesh 3,202 28 Uttrakhand 440 29 West Bengal 1,009 Total 29,383 Statement referred to in reply of part (d) Location and district-wise details of weavers trained in Andhra Pradesh State under SAMARTH during 2021-22 to 2024-25 (till 20.03.2025) SI. No. Location District No. of weavers trained 1 Uravakonda Anantapur 20 2 Yadiki 36 3 Chirala Bapatla 15 4 Cherukupalli 33 5 Battiprolu 16 6 Kanagala 17 7 Peteru 18 8 Battiprolu 16 9 Vemuru 16 10 Epurupalem 29 11 Murari East Godavari 16 12 Katheru 19 13 Pulagurtha 30 14 Polavaram Eluru 20 15 Phirangipuram Guntur 126 16 Nidibrolu/Ponnuru 20 17 Ilavaram 17 18 Phirangipuram 20 19 Nidibrolu/Ponnuru 19 20 Ilavaram 39 21 Prathipadu 16 22 Mangalagiri 25 23 Durgada Kakinada 37 24 Gollaprolu 18 25 Pedana Krishna 32 26 Pedana 38 27 Kappaladoddi 40 28 Ghantasala 35 29 Adoni Kurnool 20 30 Adoni 77 31 Yemmiganur 18 32 Nandyala Nandyala 17 33 Allagadda 18 34 Vijayawada NTR Dist. 19 35 Machavaram Palnadu 17 36 Dachepalli 17 37 Sattenapalli 37 38 Korasawada Srikakulam 28 39 Amadalavalasa 17 40 Akkulapeta 18 41 Akkulapeta 27 42 Somandepalli Sri SatyaSai 71 43 Somandepalli 19 44 Dharmavaram 18 45 Somandepalli 28 46 Venkatagiri Tirupati 19 47 Venkatagiri 18 48 Venkatagiri 16 49 Vizag Visakhapatnam 16 50 Vizag(Gajuwaka) 18 51 Tanuku West Godavari 19 52 Moragudi YSR Kadapa 17 53 Proddatur 16 54 Jammalamadugu 17 55 Moragudi 20 Total 1,425 This information was provided by THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR TEXTILES SHRI PABITRA MARGHERITA in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today. *** DHANYA SANAL K DIRECTOR (Lok Sabha US Q4053) The Cluster Development Programme (CDP), a component of National Handloom Development Programme (NHDP) provides need based financial support through various interventions like upgraded looms & accessories, construction of worksheds, solar lighting units, product & design development etc., across the country including State of Andhra Pradesh, based on the proposals received from States/UTs Government. On receipt of proposals from State Government of Andhra Pradesh, financial assistance of Rs.1,790.05 Lakh have been provided for 44 CDPs during last three years and current financial year from 2021-22 to 2024-25 (till 20.03.2025). District-wise details of CDPs assisted, fund sanctioned/released and utilized in the State of Andhra Pradesh during last three years and current financial year from 2021-22 to 2024-25 (till 20.03.2025) is at below. In Kakinada District of Andhra Pradesh State, 03 handloom clusters have been financially assisted covering 1,333 beneficiaries for various interventions like upgraded looms & accessories, construction of worksheds, solar lighting units, product & design development etc. and Rs.77.137 lakh sanctioned/released during 2021-22 to 2024-25 (till 20.03.2025), of which Rs.65.39 lakh utilized. As per the existing guidelines of National Handloom Development Programme (NHDP), there is no provision for providing financial support for setting up of Common Facility Centres (CFCs) and yarn bank. Therefore, no financial assistance has been released under the scheme for this purpose during last three years and the current financial year from 2021-22 to 2024-25 (till 20.03.2025). Further, no financial support has been provided to any States including Andhra Pradesh for setting up of dye house across during last three years and current financial year . 29 Weavers Service Centres (WSCs) are functional in the different parts of the country in all States/UTs including State of Andhra Pradesh under their jurisdictions. State/UT-wise details of skill training provided under SAMARTH-Scheme (Scheme for Capacity Building in Textiles Sector) to handloom weavers during last three years and current financial year from 2021-22 to 2024-25 (till 20.03.2025) is at below. District-wise detail of skill training provided in the State of Andhra Pradesh through Weavers Service Centre, Vijayawada during last three years and current financial year from 2021-22 to 2024-25 (till 20.03.2025) is at below. Statement referred to in reply of part (a) District-wise details of CDPs financially assisted, funds released and utilized in Andhra Pradesh State under NHDP during 2021-22 to 2024-25 (till 20.03.2025) Sl. No. District No. of CDPs Funds released (Rs. in Lakh) Funds Utilized (Rs. in Lakh) 1 2 3 4 5 1 Anakapalli 1 48.78 41.93 2 Ananthapuramu 3 107.89 8.48 3 Annamayya 4 228.50 31.37 4 Bapatla 1 58.89 0.00 5 Chittoor 2 98.89 91.70 6 East Godavari 3 81.69 65.42 7 Guntur 5 284.36 197.67 8 Kakinada 3 77.14 65.39 9 Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Konaseema 2 81.79 65.33 10 Kurnool 2 90.57 76.05 11 Parvathipuram Manyam 2 50.84 37.18 12 Nandyal 1 44.43 9.08 13 Palnadu 1 34.60 0.00 14 Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore 2 69.69 58.23 15 Srikakulam 4 124.84 92.54 16 Sri Sathya Sai 2 34.34 1.20 17 Tirupati 3 144.03 0.03 18 Vizianagaram 1 47.18 42.43 19 West Godavari 2 81.61 59.59 Total 44 1,790.05 943.62 Statement referred to in reply of part (d) State-wise details of no. of persons trained under SAMARTH during 2021-22 to 2024-25 (till 20.03.2025) Sl. No. State No. of persons trained 1 Andhra Pradesh 1,425 2 Arunachal Pradesh 225 3 Assam 1,979 4 Bihar 947 5 Chhattisgarh 807 6 Delhi 305 7 Goa 55 8 Gujarat 1,067 9 Haryana 333 10 HP 294 11 J&K 992 12 Jharkhand 931 13 Karnataka 1,165 14 Kerala 1,670 15 Madhya Pradesh 1,274 16 Maharashtra 1,632 17 Manipur 1,220 18 Meghalaya 163 19 Mizoram 753 20 Nagaland 585 21 Odisha 1,259 22 Punjab 139 23 Rajasthan 646 24 Tamilnadu 2,099 25 Telangana 1,940 26 Tripura 827 27 Uttar Pradesh 3,202 28 Uttrakhand 440 29 West Bengal 1,009 Total 29,383 Statement referred to in reply of part (d) Location and district-wise details of weavers trained in Andhra Pradesh State under SAMARTH during 2021-22 to 2024-25 (till 20.03.2025) SI. No. Location District No. of weavers trained 1 Uravakonda Anantapur 20 2 Yadiki 36 3 Chirala Bapatla 15 4 Cherukupalli 33 5 Battiprolu 16 6 Kanagala 17 7 Peteru 18 8 Battiprolu 16 9 Vemuru 16 10 Epurupalem 29 11 Murari East Godavari 16 12 Katheru 19 13 Pulagurtha 30 14 Polavaram Eluru 20 15 Phirangipuram Guntur 126 16 Nidibrolu/Ponnuru 20 17 Ilavaram 17 18 Phirangipuram 20 19 Nidibrolu/Ponnuru 19 20 Ilavaram 39 21 Prathipadu 16 22 Mangalagiri 25 23 Durgada Kakinada 37 24 Gollaprolu 18 25 Pedana Krishna 32 26 Pedana 38 27 Kappaladoddi 40 28 Ghantasala 35 29 Adoni Kurnool 20 30 Adoni 77 31 Yemmiganur 18 32 Nandyala Nandyala 17 33 Allagadda 18 34 Vijayawada NTR Dist. 19 35 Machavaram Palnadu 17 36 Dachepalli 17 37 Sattenapalli 37 38 Korasawada Srikakulam 28 39 Amadalavalasa 17 40 Akkulapeta 18 41 Akkulapeta 27 42 Somandepalli Sri SatyaSai 71 43 Somandepalli 19 44 Dharmavaram 18 45 Somandepalli 28 46 Venkatagiri Tirupati 19 47 Venkatagiri 18 48 Venkatagiri 16 49 Vizag Visakhapatnam 16 50 Vizag(Gajuwaka) 18 51 Tanuku West Godavari 19 52 Moragudi YSR Kadapa 17 53 Proddatur 16 54 Jammalamadugu 17 55 Moragudi 20 Total 1,425 This information was provided by THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR TEXTILES SHRI PABITRA MARGHERITA in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today. *** DHANYA SANAL K DIRECTOR (Lok Sabha US Q4053)