chapter viii wool & wollen textiles industry - Ministry of Textiles

ministry of textiles
include substantial reduction of poverty
& unemployment, creating productive
assets, human resource development and
arrest exploitation through physical and
financial security among the Scheduled
Castes and Scheduled Tribes. Keeping
in view these objectives and the revised
guidelines communicated by the Ministry
of Textiles, a non-divertible provision of
Rs.25.80 crores (excluding NE States) for
sericulture sector has been earmarked
from out of Rs.172.55 crores approved by
Ministry for CDP, to implement Scheduled
Castes Sub-Plan (Rs.21.00 crores) and
Tribal Sub-Plan (Rs.4.80 crores) during
2011-12. Accordingly, the State-wise
break-up of funds earmarked exclusively
for SCSP and TSP from CDP was worked
out and communicated to the Departments
of Sericulture in State for implementation
of relevant CDP components on lines with
the revised guidelines for the development
of SCs and STs. Funds are being utilised
as per approved guidelines.
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