chapter viii wool & wollen textiles industry - Ministry of Textiles

ministry of textiles
Special project for development of
Tripura Handlooms.
Special Project for Development of
Tripura Handlooms has been approved at
the cost of Rs.9.12 crore over three years,
and is likely to benefit 960 handloom
weavers and ancillary workers because
it envisages an overall development of
the dispersed units spread across the
remote interiors of the hilly terrain in the
State of Tripura.
HANDICRAFTS
The Handicrafts Sector plays a significant
& important role in the country’s economy.
It provides employment to a vast segment
of craft persons in rural & semi urban
areas and generates substantial foreign
exchange for the country, while preserving
its cultural heritage. Handicrafts have
great potential, as they hold the key for
sustaining not only the existing set of
millions of artisans spread over length
and breadth of the country, but also for
the increasingly large number of new
entrants in the crafts activity. Presently,
handicrafts contribute substantially to
employment generation and exports.
The Handicraft sector has, however,
suffered due to its being unorganized,
with the additional constraints of lack of
education, low capital, poor exposure to
new technologies, absence of market
intelligence, and a poor institutional
framework. In spite of these constraints,
sector has witnessed a significant
growth and efforts are being augmented
during the current plan on the following
core issues for the development of the
sector.
= Providing infrastructural support for
production & exports.
= Improve quality & product
diversification with more awareness
for both stakeholders & consumer.
= A greater role for NGO as
implementing partners and
participation of private resources
–both human and financial.
The sector is estimated to employ Rs
68.86 lakh artisans. At present the export
of handicrafts including handmade
carpet has been 10651.93 crores (April-
Dec. 2011) which shows an increase of
30.97% over the same period in financial
year 2010-11, and the plan allocation is at
present Rs. 245.00 crores in 2011-12.
Handicrafts activity being a State subject,
its development and promotion are the
primary responsibility of every State
Government. However, the Central
Government is supplementing their efforts
by implementing various developmental
schemes.
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
International School of Textiles
and Management (SVPISTM)
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International
School of Textiles and Management
(SVPISTM), Coimbatore is an autonomous
institute under the Ministry of Textiles. It
was established in 2004 as the Sardar
Vallabhbhai Patel Institute of Textile
Management (SVPITM), a product of
the collaborative effort of the Ministry of
Textiles, Government of India and the
associations of the textile industry. Among
the industry associations involved in
the establishment of the Institution were
Southern India Mills’ Association (SIMA),
Tirupur Exporters’ Association (TEA) and
Powerloom Development and Export
Council (PDRXIL).
Since inception, the School has been
vibrant and taking bold initiatives in
achieving its objectives. Apart from running
its own long term programmes of Post
Graduate Diploma in Management with
specialisation in Textiles and Management,
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