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Training to enhance skills of weavers

Skill upgradation is a continuous process.  Need-based skill upgradation programmes for handloom workers in technical areas viz. weaving, dyeing, designing, etc. were earlier conducted under National Handloom Development Programme (NHDP), Comprehensive Handloom Cluster Development Scheme (CHCDS) and now under SAMARTH- Capacity Building in Textile Sector.  Training programmes for handloom workers are conducted through 28 Weavers’ Service Centres (WSCs) functioning in the country under administrative control of Ministry of Textiles. List of WSCs and State-wise details of handloom workers imparted skill upgradation training from financial year 2017-18 to 2019-20 are annexed as Annexure- I and II respectively.

This information was given in a written reply by the Union Minister of Textiles, Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani in Rajya Sabha today.

Annexure- I
List of Weavers’ Service Centres(WSCs)
S. No. State/UTs Location of Weavers’ Service Centers  
1 Andhra Pradesh Vijayawada
2 Assam Guwahati
3 Bihar Bhagalpur
4 Chhattisgarh Raigarh
5 Delhi Delhi
Himachal Pradesh Extension Centre of  Delhi at Kullu
6 Gujarat Ahmedabad
7 Haryana Panipat
8 Jammu & Kashmir Srinagar
9 Jharkhand Ranchi
10 Karnataka Bengaluru
11 Kerala Kannur
12 Maharashtra Mumbai
13 Nagpur
14 Madhya Pradesh Indore
15 Manipur Imphal
16 Mizoram Aizawl
17 Nagaland Dimapur
18 Odisha Bhubaneswar
19 Rajasthan Jaipur
20 Uttar Pradesh Varanasi
21 Meerut
22 Uttarakhand Chamoli
23 Tamil Nadu Chennai
24 Salem
25 Kancheepuram
26 Telangana Hyderabad
27 Tripura Agartala
28 West Bengal Kolkata

 

Annexure-II
State-wise details of handloom workers imparted skill upgradation training during last three years (2017-18 to 2019-20)
S. No. State/UTs No. of handloom workers
Andhra Pradesh 2460
Arunachal Pradesh 460
Assam 5800
Bihar 494
Chhattisgarh 240
Gujarat 260
Himachal Pradesh 839
Jammu & Kashmir 731
Jharkhand 500
Karnataka 540
Kerala 600
Maharashtra 460
Manipur 1460
Mizoram 120
Nagaland 640
Odisha 1720
Punjab 20
Rajasthan 100
Tamil Nadu 2318
Telangana 260
Tripura 60
Uttar Pradesh 3060
Uttarakhand 117
West Bengal 480
  Total 23739
 
     

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