To boost exports, Government of India has announced a scheme namely "Scheme for Remission of Duties and Taxes on Exported Products', (RoDTEP) to all export goods, including textiles and garments with effect from 1st January, 2021. Further, in order to boost exports in Man-Made Fibre (MMF) sector, Government of India has removed santi-dumping duty on PTA, a key raw material for the manufacture of MMF fibre and yarn. Government has also removed anti-dumping duty on acrylic fibre, raw material for yarn and knitwear industry. Assistance is also provided to exporters under Market Access initiative (MAl) Scheme.
As per Nielsen baseline survey of Powerloom industry conducted during 2012-13, 24.86 lakh Powerloomswereinstalled in the country. The location-wise details is in ANNEXURE-I. As per 4th All India Handloom Census (2019-20), there are 28,23,382 handlooms across the country on which handloom cloth/products are manufactured using varieties of yarn. A statement showing state-wise number of handlooms is at ANNEXURE-II.
The details of funds allocation/expenditure under major schemes in the last three years and till date are atANNEXURE-III.
This information was given in a written reply by the Union Minister of Textiles, Smt. SmritiZubinIrani in LokSabha today.
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Annexure-I
Number of Powerlooms across the country
|
STATE
|
TOTALLOOMS
|
|
UP
|
190874
|
|
RAJASTHAN
|
22980
|
|
HARYANA
|
25510
|
|
PUNJAB&HP,J&K
|
14511
|
|
MP
|
39979
|
|
NORTHZONETOTAL
|
293854
|
|
GUJARAT
|
524102
|
|
MAHARASHTRA
|
948891
|
|
CHATTISGARH
|
166
|
|
WESTZONETOTAL
|
1473159
|
|
ORISSA
|
1793
|
|
WB
|
12690
|
|
BIHAR
|
20511
|
|
ASSAM/NE
|
464
|
|
EASTZONETOTAL
|
35458
|
|
TN
|
562513
|
|
AP
|
48176
|
|
KARNATAKA
|
68795
|
|
KERALA
|
4463
|
|
SOUTHZONETOTAL
|
683947
|
|
ALLINDIA
|
2486418
|
Annexure-II
|
No. of Handlooms across the country
|
|
SN
|
State
|
No. of Handlooms
|
|
East Zone
|
|
|
1
|
Arunachal Pradesh
|
99454
|
|
2
|
Assam
|
1248806
|
|
3
|
Bihar
|
8447
|
|
4
|
Jharkhand
|
8607
|
|
5
|
Manipur
|
216192
|
|
6
|
Meghalaya
|
43220
|
|
7
|
Mizoram
|
22875
|
|
8
|
Nagaland
|
70089
|
|
9
|
Odisha
|
48161
|
|
10
|
Sikkim
|
132
|
|
11
|
Tripura
|
166050
|
|
12
|
West Bengal
|
283404
|
|
|
Total East Zone
|
2215437
|
|
West Zone
|
|
|
13
|
Chhattisgarh
|
12743
|
|
14
|
Gujarat
|
9903
|
|
15
|
Goa
|
16
|
|
16
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
12069
|
|
17
|
Maharashtra
|
4354
|
|
|
Total West Zone
|
39085
|
|
North Zone
|
|
|
18
|
Delhi
|
2498
|
|
19
|
Haryana
|
11759
|
|
20
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
15202
|
|
21
|
Jammu & Kashmir
|
14750
|
|
22
|
Punjab
|
758
|
|
23
|
Rajasthan
|
6446
|
|
24
|
Uttrakhand
|
7368
|
|
25
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
124242
|
|
|
Total North Zone
|
183023
|
|
South Zone
|
|
|
26
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
93375
|
|
27
|
Karnataka
|
24071
|
|
28
|
Kerala
|
31619
|
|
29
|
Pudducherry
|
929
|
|
30
|
Tamil Nadu
|
218748
|
|
31
|
Telangana
|
17095
|
|
|
Total South Zone
|
385837
|
|
|
Grand Total
|
2823382
|