chapter viii wool & wollen textiles industry - Ministry of Textiles

annual report 2011-12
CHAPTER VIII
WOOL & WOLLEN TEXTILES INDUSTRY
The Central Wool Development
Board (CWDB) Jodhpur, Rajasthan
was set up under the Rajasthan
Societies Registration Act, 1958 in July
1987, to administer the implementation
of programmes and schemes in Central
Sector for the promotion and development
of wool and woollen industry in the
country.
The Government of India vide Gazette
Notification No. 2/7/2008-W&WT dated
November 22, 2010, has reconstituted
the Board for a period of two years. The
Joint Secretary (Wool), Ministry of Textiles
and Vice-Chairman of the Board shall
discharge the duties of the Chairman till
the post of Chairman is filled up.
The Ministry of Textiles has allocated
Rs. 13.04 Crore to the Central Wool
Development Board (CWDB) for the
Annual Plan 2011-12 to implement its
various Plan Schemes and Programmes
for the growth and development of wool
sector. Against this target, the Ministry of
Textiles has already released Rs. 6.25
Crore and the Board utilized Rs. 5.20
Crore till December, 2011, accordingly.
On the Non-Plan side, the Board utilized
Rs. 1.13 Crore to meet establishment
expenses upto December,2011.
The Board has undertaken following
activities during 2011-12 (upto
December,2011):
1. Integrated Wool Improvement
and Development Programme
(IWIDP)
The Integrated Wool Improvement &
Development Programme (IWIDP),
the flagship scheme of Wool Sector,
is being implemented during the XIth
Five Year Plan period at an estimated
cost of Rs. 48.00 Crore. The Scheme
provides support to the Industry & Wool
growers to qualitatively upgrade product
and technology to enable them to get
better returns for their products and to
get a larger share of the domestic and
global market. The Programme has two
main components: (A) Improvement of
Wool Fibre and (B) Human Resource
Development and Promotional Activities.
This Programme aims to cover 26 lakh
sheep for health coverage, to set up 10
Ram Raising Units, to provide financial
assistance for 200 Sheep Pens, to provide
feed supplement to total 80,000 sheep, to
establish 7 Multiple Facility Centres, to
provide revolving fund for Marketing of 10
lakh Kg. wool, to supply 26,000 stud rams
for breed improvement, to benefit 400
Angora rabbit families and 2400 Pashmina
goat rearing families and to train 1000
persons along with other promotional
and marketing activities under Human
Resource Development Programme.
Under IWIDP, the Board is implementing
different schemes for improving quantity
and quality of wool produced from
sheep, Angora rabbit, Pashmina goat
and is providing training to wool growers,
weavers, resource persons along with
associated promotional and marketing
activities. Following schemes are being
implemented under this programme:
(A) Improvement of Wool Fibre
(i) Sheep & Wool Improvement
Scheme: (SWIS)
The Board had taken up ‘Sheep and Wool
Improvement Scheme’ (SWIS) to improve
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