Book English 2011.p65 - Ministry of Textiles

annual report 2010-11CHAPTER VIIITHE WOOL AND WOOLLEN TEXTILESINDUSTRYCENTRAL WOOL DEVELOPMENTBOARD (CWDB)The Central Wool DevelopmentBoard (CWDB) Jodhpur, Rajasthanwas set up under the RajasthanSocieties Registration Act, 1958 in July1987, to administer the implementation ofprogrammes and schemes in CentralSector for the promotion and developmentof wool and woollen industry in thecountry.The Ministry of Textiles had allocated Rs.1500 lakh to the Central WoolDevelopment Board (CWDB) during thefinancial year 2010-11 to implementvarious Plan Schemes and Programmesfor the holistic growth and development ofwool sector. The Board has utilized Rs.1135 lakh under Plan head till December,2010. On the Non-Plan, side a provisionof Rs. 150 lakh was made for 2010-11and the Board had utilized Rs. 125 lakhtill December, 2010.During 2010-11, the Central WoolDevelopment Board had undertaken thefollowing activities:INTEGRATED WOOL IMPROVEMENTAND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME(IWIDP)The Integrated Wool Improvement &Development Programme (IWIDP), theflagship Scheme of Wool Sector, is beingimplemented during the XIth Five YearPlan period at an estimated cost of Rs. 48Crore. The Scheme provides support tothe Industry & Wool growers to qualitativelyupgrade product and technology to enablethem to get better returns for their productsand to get a larger share of the domesticand global market. The Programme hastwo main components : (A) Improvementof Wool Fibre and (B) Human ResourceDevelopment and Promotional Activities.During the XIth Five Year Plan period, theProgramme aims to cover 26 lakh sheepfor health coverage, setting up of 10 RamRaising Units, to provide financialassistance for 200 Sheep Pens, FeedSupplement to a total 80,000 sheep,establishing 7 Multiple Facility Centres,Revolving fund for Marketing of 10 lakhKg. wool, to supply 26,000 stud rams forbreed improvement, to benefit 400 Angorarabbit families and 2400 Pashmina goatrearing families and to train 1000 personsalong with other promotional and marketingactivities under Human ResourceDevelopment Programme. Under IWIDP,the Board is implementing differentschemes for improving quantity and qualityof wool produced from sheep, Angorarabbit, Pashmina goat and providingtraining to wool growers, weavers,resource persons etc. along withpromotional and marketing activities.Following schemes are being implementedunder this integrated programme:(A)IMPROVEMENT OF WOOL FIBRESheep & Wool Improvement Scheme(SWIS)The Board had taken up 'Sheep and WoolImprovement Scheme' (SWIS) to improvethe quality and quantity of indigenouswool in the country. The Board isimplementing various projects under this119