Book English 2011.p65 - Ministry of Textiles

ministry of textileswoollens. Under this scheme, the agencyhas to bear the cost of land & building bytheir own resources and should haveclear ownership rights. The CWDBprovides grant under non-recurringexpenses for purchase of machinery &plants only required for setting up theCommon Facility Centre (CFC). Recurringexpenditure shall be borne by the agency/association out of its own resources.A provision of Rs. 232 lakh has beenmade in 2010-11 to set up 7 new CommonFacility Centers for Pre-loom activity likewool scouring, carbonizing, dyeing andcarding of wool etc. The scheme is beingimplemented in project mode with Rs. 50lakh or 50% of the total project cost,whichever is less towards cost ofmachinery only. Till December,2010, theBoard has utilized Rs. 83 lakh andsanctioned 5 new CFCs for Pre-loomprocessing activities at Rajkot, Kullu,Mandi, Dehradun and Beawar.SOCIAL SECURITY PROGRAMME FORSHEEP BREEDERSThe Board is implementing this scheme tobenefit the sheep breeders by providinglife insurance to them and their sheepflock by two plans (i) Sheep BreedersInsurance Scheme and (ii) SheepInsurance Scheme.The basic objective of these insuranceplans is to provide enhanced insurancecoverage to sheep breeders in the caseof natural death/accidental death, total/partial disability and for their sheep flockin case of accident including fire, lightning,storm, tempest, flood, inundation,earthquake, famine and diseasescontracted or occurring during the periodof the policy.(i)Total premium payable under 'SheepBreeders Insurance Scheme' is Rs.330/- and contribution of sheepbreeder, Central Wool Development(ii)Board & Social Security Fund (ofGovt. of India) is Rs. 80/-, 150/- andRs. 100/- per year, respectively. Inthe event of natural death of thesheep breeder, sum assured is Rs.60,000, in case of partial disabilitysum assured is Rs. 75000/- and incase of accidental death/totaldisability sum assured is Rs.1,50,000. Additional benefit ofscholarship upto two child @ Rs.300 per quarter per child is also tobe paid to the student studying from9th standard to 12th standard.Total premium payable under 'SheepInsurance Scheme' is Rs. 44/- persheep. Out of it, Rs. 19/- per sheepis contributed by the sheep breedersand CWDB's contribution is Rs. 25/- per sheep. In the event of death ofsheep, sum assured is Rs. 1,200/-per sheep. The benefit of subsidy isprovided to beneficiary for maximumperiod of three year.During the financial year 2010-11, theBoard made total financial provision ofRs. 100 lakh to provide insurancecoverage for 3,00,000 sheep and 15,000sheep breeders. The Board isimplementing Social Security Schemeswith the help of the Oriental InsuranceCo. Ltd. and Life Insurance Co. Ltd (LIC)in the States of Rajasthan, Gujarat,Madhya Pradesh, Uttrakhand,Maharashtra, Haryana, Jammu & Kashmir,Himachal Pradesh Karnataka & AndhraPradesh. The Board has covered 90,742sheep and 11,779 sheep breeders tillNovember, 2010.FUTURE PLANSFor the holistic growth and developmentof Wool Sector, the Government is makingserious efforts to achieve the followingobjectives by 2012:●Increase yield of specialty wool fiberviz., Pashmina and Angora.122