रंग-बिरंगी धागों को पिरोती उँगलियाँ दूसरों की जिंदगी में खुशियाँ भरते भरते जिनकी जिंदगियाँ एक छोटे से कमरे के अंधकार और खट खट की आवाज के बीच अक्सर गुम हो जाती है| भारतीय सांस्कृतिक अभिन्न अंग और कृषि के बाद आय का दूसरा सबसे महत्वपूर्ण स्त्रोत होने से हथकरघा उद्योग को भारतीय वस्त्र मंत्रालय ने अनेकों योजनाएं एवं नई पॉलिसी के तहत दम तोड़ते इस उद्योग को विकास की नई रोशनी दी हैं | धागों को पिरोने वाले अर्थात बुनकरों के उत्थान के लिए भारत सरकार ने हर साल ७ अगस्त को राष्ट्रिय हथकरघा दिवस मनाने की घोषाणा की हैं |
वस्त्र मंत्रालय ने बुनकरों की पूछताछ तथा शिकायतों का जवाब देने और बिचौलियों के चंगुल से बचाने एवं बाजार तक सीधी पहुँच बनाने हेतु बुनकरों के लिए “बुनकर मित्र” हेल्पलाइन शुरू की हैं। यह हेल्पलाइन प्रौद्योगिकी, युवा और परंपरा का एक महान मिश्रण है। इस सेवा का लाभ उठाने के लिए आपको 1800-208-9988 डायल करना होगा। यह सेवा बुनकरों की समस्या हल करने हेतु सप्ताह के सातों दिन प्रातः १०:००(दस) बजे से सायं ०६:००(छह) बजे तक हिन्दी, अंग्रेजी, तमिल, तेलुगु, बंगाली, कन्नड़ और असमिया जैसी सात भाषाओं में उपलब्ध है।
इस हेल्पलाइन के माध्यम से निम्नलिखित सेवाएं उपलब्ध हैं:
तकनीकी मुद्दों पर सहायता और निम्न सुविधाओं के लिए मार्गदर्शन
कच्चे माल की आपूर्ति।
क्रेडिट सुविधा प्राप्त करना।
गुणवत्ता नियंत्रण।
विपणन संपर्कों तक पहुंच।
सरकार की विभिन्न योजनाओं और प्रक्रियाओं का लाभ उठाने के बारे में जानकारी।
Vietnam have traditional skills like India but is more competitive in nature, and have comparatively greater market share. To understand the traditional skills and craftsmanship with usages of technology in making high quality crafts in Vietnam, a high level delegation led by Shantmanu, Development Commissioner [Handicrafts] visited Vietnam from May 18 – 21, 2019. R K Verma, Director – EPCH, Rajesh Jain, Zesmina Zeliang, COA Members – EPCH and other prominent member exporters of EPCH from Moradabad, Agra, Khurja and North Eastern Region consisted the delegation, said Rakesh Kumar, Director General – EPCH.
Vietnam is rich in traditional arts and crafts. The most famous Vietnam handicrafts include cane and bamboo craft, ceramics, stones, natural fibre products, wooden handicrafts, metal craft and silk embroideries. The techniques of manufacturing crafts in Vietnam is very peculiar, high quality and cheaper than anywhere in the world informed, he further informed.
The delegation visited urban lifestyle and interior show at Saigon Exhibition and Convention Centre, Vietnam which showcases products like furniture, handicrafts, gifts, garden accessories, decorative, lifestyle and natural fibre products. The delegation saw various craft products produced as per International demands and customised to the need of the overseas buyers displayed in the show; and also met Nguyen Chanh Phuong, Vice Chairman of Handicrafts and Wood Industry Association (HAWA), Vietnam, the organiser of the show. Later it met Hoang Chinh Nghia, Deputy Director General, Ministry of Industry and Trade, Agency for Regional Industry and Trade, Vietnam and also called upon Parvataneni Harish, Ambassador, Embassy of India in Vietnam and discussed the purpose of the visit and way forward for Indian handicrafts exporters. A meeting with Trinh Quoc Dat, Deputy President of Vietnam Association of Craft Villages (VICRAFTS], an EPCH MOU partner in Vietnam was also held during the visit.
Later it met Hoang Chinh Nghia, Deputy Director General, Ministry of Industry and Trade, Agency for Regional Industry and Trade, Vietnam and also called upon Parvataneni Harish, Ambassador, Embassy of India in Vietnam and discussed the purpose of the visit and way forward for Indian handicrafts exporters.
A meeting with Trinh Quoc Dat, Deputy President of Vietnam Association of Craft Villages (VICRAFTS], an EPCH MOU partner in Vietnam was also held during the visit.
Also, a series of visit to various handicrafts clusters which included ceramics at Bat Trang Ceramics Pottery, Natural Fibre products cluster at Phu Vinh, wood carving cluster at Son Dong, Silk embroidery cluster at Van Phuc, metal casting cluster at Bac Ninh and stone craft cluster at Da Nang took place.
They interacted with the entrepreneurs working at these clusters to see and understand the production processes in these important craft clusters located close to Hanoi.
The visit of high level delegation to Vietnam will help in motivating the handicrafts exporting community to start using technology in production of handicrafts products with techniques being used in Vietnam which will result in enhancing quality of Indian handicrafts as per standards and demands prevalent in the world markets said Rakesh Kumar, DG – EPCH. This article is first published MillenniumPost.
Textile is the oldest and one of the largest industries in India. It is one of the promising industries in terms of its contribution to the overall GDP of the country. The Indian textile industry stands out in every way, with the hand-spun and hand-woven textile sectors at one edge and the capital intensive sophisticated mills sector lying on other side. The Power-looms/hosiery and knitting sector have been detached from the largest component of the textile industry recently. The close relation of textile industry with agriculture as well as the ancient culture and tradition of the country makes it unique compared to any other industry in India. Our textile sector has the capacity to produce a wide variety of products suitable for different market segments, both within India and across the globe.
Market Size
In India, the textile industry is worth around US$ 152 billion and it is expected to reach up to a massive US$ 220 billion by the end of 2019. India’s overall textile export during FY 2017-18 was US$ 39.2 billion and it is anticipated to amplify up to US$ 82.00 billion by 2021 from US$ 31.65 billion in FY19*. According to the current statistic, India’s textile industry contributed seven percent of the industry output and two percent of GDP respectively.
Government’s Major Investment
In last five years, the textile industry of India observed a sharp spurt in terms of investment. It attracted the Foreign Direct Investment worth US$ 3.09 billion.
• In May 2018, the textile sector reported an investment of Rs. 27,000 crores (US$ 4.19 billion) starting from June 2017.
• The Government of India announced a Special Package to boost up the textile export by US$ 31 billion. The textile industry of India was estimated to generate 10 million employment opportunities and attract an investment of Rs800.00 billion by the year 2018-2020. , . As of August 2018, India’s textile industry was able to fetch additional investments worth Rs 253.45 billion (US$ 3.78 billion) and exports worth Rs 57.28 billion (US$ 854.42 million).
Steps Taken by Government to Boost Textile Industry in India
• The Indian government has come up with a number of export promotion policies for the textile sector. It has also allowed 100 per cent FDI in the Indian textile sector as per the automatic route. • Implemented the Scheme Regarding Integrated Textile Parks (SITP) under which 40 textile parks will be built for generating more investment in the textile sector. • GOI set up the Technology Mission on Cotton (TMC) in the year of 2000. • Provided 100 percent FDI with automatic route. • Introduced Five new Schemes: o Integrated Handloom Development scheme o Marketing and Export Promotion scheme o Handloom Weavers’ Comprehensive Welfare Scheme o Mill Gate Price Scheme o Handloom Development Scheme • Practiced de-reservation of knitwear, ready-made garments and hosiery from the small scale sector that boosted up the Indian textile market. • Amended Technology Up- gradation Fund Scheme: The government estimated to generate employment for 35 lakh people enabling an investment worth Rs. 90,000 crores by 2022. • Integrated Wool Development Programme: It was introduced by GOI with an aim to support the wool sector, from wool rearer to end consumer. Here, the broader intention was to enhance the quality production of wool in the country. • The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) revised the rates for incentives under the Merchandise Exports from India Scheme (MEIS) for two subsectors of Textiles Industry – Readymade garments and Made ups. The number rose from 2 per cent to 4 per cent.
Achievements of Textile Sector
In last four years, the Textile sector has accomplished the following goals:
Launched ‘I-ATUFS’, a web-based claims monitoring and tracking mechanism.
Sanctioned 20 new Textile parks.
Sanctioned 381 new block level clusters
A significant increase in employment generation.
Huge growth of handloom exports.
Strengths of Textile Industry in India • Abundant availability of raw material and enough resources to process them. • Knowledgeable and trained manpower to work • Availability of competitive spinning and being one of the best countries to manufacture handmade cotton/fabric. • Effective retail sector and, last but not the least, an intense tendency of purchasing textiles among consumers.
Undoubtedly, Indian Textile sector is slowly and steadily moving up in the growth curve. Due to countless efforts made by the Ministry of Textile, India, more and more new feathers of success are adding up in the hat of MoT.
With MoT’s dedication towards enlightening the people of India, the future of Indian Textile Industry looks hopeful . As there is a rising demand for domestic usage and export of textile both, this industry can be rightly considered as the growth engine of India .
The Union Ministry of Textiles is in talks with the Japanese Government and some companies in the U.S. to support the Indian textile industry with technology for specialty fiber and related products. Technology is important for specialty fiber.
Two committees have been formed in regard to this:
One for specialty fiber
One to see how to take the segment forward
Based on the reports submitted by both the committees, the Ministry had notified 207 products that classify as ‘technical textiles’, mainly for export and import purposes. For the Ministry to include more products, the industry must a list, the number of products notified can be expanded regularly.
The Centers of Excellence in the country for technical textiles is to initiate the process to select some of the prototypes developed so far and give an industry connect to these products. The Ministry had consulted several other ministries, departments, and State Governments on technical textiles used in several applications across sectors. Read more
The 46th India International Knit Fair was recently organised in Tamil Nadu’s Tiruppur by the Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC) and India Knit Fair Association (IKFA) in the backdrop of the ongoing US-China trade war, according to IKFA chairman A Sakthivel. Exhibitors from Tamil Nadu, Delhi region, Maharashtra, Telangana and Punjab participated in the fair.
The three-day fair, which concluded on May 17, had 36 stalls put up by exporters, according to Indian media reports.
Exports of knitwear products from Tiruppur is likely to cross ₹30,000 crore during this fiscal from ₹26,300 crore in 2018-19, Shaktivel had said early this month.
Exports during April 2019 crossed ₹4,400 crore, which is a very encouraging sign, he had said.
Moreover, India has the strength in raw materials, like cotton and man-made fibres, he pointed out. (DS). This article is first published by Fibre2Fashion
An Inclusive Guide to Artisans’ Queries and Grievance.
A helping
hand is always anticipated when there is a need. The Handicraft Helpline is one such attempt by
a charitable organization for artisans to provide required information. The
Ministry of Textile established this Handicraft Helpline in which the people
who have enough knowledge of the specific domain answer to the professional queries of handicraft artisans. .
This helpline is a great combination of technology, young talents and traditional
craftsmanship. .
The contact
center team addresses queries and grievance of handicraft artisans from mornings
10:00 AM to evening 6:00 PM. Here, the
helpline number is 1800-208-4800. This helpline provides support in seven
different languages like Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Bangla, Assamese, Kannada and
English. So, artisans can call from anywhere in India, explain
their queries and get all of them rightly sorted out.
The follo
The following services are available through this
helpline:
Pehchaan and Handicraft Awards
Participation in Marketing Exhibition
Availing Credit Facilities
Education through NIOS, NIFT and IGNOU
Information about various schemes and procedure to
avail benefits
Summing up, handicraft helpline is a true guide to the artisans of our country. . In the last couple of years, the administration team received more than 17,334 calls and redressed them so far through the handicraft toll free number. We encourage artisans to use such services by Ministry of Textiles and stay updated on MoT’s initiatives and policies.
A handicraft, sometimes more precisely expressed as artisanal handicraft or handmade, is any of a wide variety of types of work where useful and decorative objects are made completely by hand or by using only simple tools. It is a traditional main sector of craft and applies to a wide range of creative and design activities that are related to making things with one’s hands and skill, including work with textiles, moldable and rigid materials, paper, plant fibers, etc. There are many development works has been done under various Government schemes.
‘Under Pehchan’ initiative,22.40 lakhs applications were received and 17.83 lakhs I.D. cards have been distributed. This initiative was launched on 7th October 2016 to register and provide Aadhar based Identity Cards to the Handicrafts Artisans for better access to the benefits of the schemes. New Mega Clusters have been sanctioned at Bareilly, Lucknow, and Kutch with an outlay of Rs. 28.5 crores each and at J&K with an outlay of Rs. 20.00 crores and activities underway.
In the project of linking Textiles with Tourism, Raghurajpur in Odisha and Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh were taken up for overall development as tourist destinations.
Special projects have been sanctioned for Integrated Development and Promotion of Handicrafts in Jharkhand, Uttarakhand, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, Bihar, Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) to benefit 1,58,805 artisans.
New Urban Haats sanctioned at a project cost of Rs. 3.00 crores each, at Mammallapuram(Chennai) and Eluru (Andhra Pradesh).
Programmes Conducted and Artisans Benefitted during Last Four and Half Years:
Hastkala Sahyog Shivirs organized at 302 places all over the country, in which 73291 artisans participated. 5155 tool kits distributed, 814
MUDRA Loan sanctioned, 695 marketing events were organized during the camp during the financial year 2017-18.
Handicrafts Awards to 23 Shilp Gurus and 65 National Awardees (including 15 Women artisans) have been given to Handicraft artisans from 2014 to 2016.
The new component of Margin Money has been approved in the month of October 2018, introduced for implementation for the benefit of artisans availing Mudra Loan @ 20% of the sanctioned loan amount subject to a maximum of Rs.10,000.
In India, sericulture development is inextricably woven with the participation of women and the production of silk has been recognized as an occupation of the women, for the women and by the women. Ministry of Textiles has taken measures for empowering women through sericulture through various activities.
Women Empowerment under Silk Samagra: Sericulture is mainly known as a household activity being practiced by women. About 55% of women are engaged in silk production value chain. Under Silk Samagra, Government of India has set a target to produce 38500 MTs of raw silk and to generate 100 lakh productive employment from 78.50 lakhs in 2013-14 (additional 21.50 lakh). With this, the employment of women in sericulture is expected to increase to 55 lakh in 2020from 43.20 lakh
Buniyaad to eradicate thigh Reeling: Tasar silk is produced in India mainly by tribal women through the age-old thigh reeling practice which is unhygienic, labor intensive, involves drudgery and is unproductive. Invariably, this practice leads to skin blemishes, allergies and infections besides, causing more inconvenience to women Tasar reelers. In order to eradicate this thigh reeling practice, the Government has decided to completely eradicate the thigh reeling with improved Buniyaad Reeling Machines by supplying 10,000 machines by 2020. Towards this, 4956 machines are being supplied to the women beneficiaries by March 2019 so as to ensure good health, hygiene besides rightful earning to the poor rural and tribal women reelers.
Act East Initiatives: To create livelihood opportunities in North East Region, in line with the Act East initiative of Prime Minister of India, the Textiles Ministry is implementing 32 projects under its North East Region Textile Promotion Scheme (NERTPS)from 2014-15 onwards with Central Government’s share of Rs.849 crore through various segments of silk production value chain from farm to fabric. It is directly benefiting 60,000 beneficiaries covering around 45,000 women beneficiaries.
Robust export of cotton textiles to China has helped India reduce its trade deficit with that country. The recent government moves to reimburse all State and Central levies on textile exports boosted shipments to major consuming countries.
Cotton textile exports to China increased 69 percent between April 2018 and February 2019 to $1.55 billion, against $920 million in the previous year period.
KV Srinivasan, Chairman, Cotton Textile Export Promotion Council, said exports can increase further if the Centre addresses the tariff disadvantage of 3.5-10 percent that the Indian industry suffers vis-a-vis textile exporters in Vietnam, Pakistan, and Indonesia.
He added that higher exports of cotton textiles — including fabrics and made-ups — will not only help reduce the trade imbalance but also attract investments from the labor-intensive industries shifting out of China.
China is an important trading partner for India with imports of $65 billion and exports of $15 billion in the period April 2018 to February 2019. This marked an all-time high in exports and a sharp decline in imports from China. The trade balance between the two countries in FY18 was $63 billion in favor of China, which has now shrunk to $50.13 billion.
Textile policy
In January, the Centre had unveiled a new textile policy to include State-level taxes in the computation of duty drawback. It also granted duty drawback for import of fabrics under Advance Authorisation to make exports cost competitive. Last month, it extended the refund of State and Central taxes on shipments of apparels and made-up goods. This story first published on TheHinduBusinessLine
The 8th edition of HOME EXPO INDIA 2019 opened at India Expo Center and Mart, Greater Noidatoday. The three-day exhibition has been organized by the Export Promotion Council for Handicrafts (EPCH).
Select exhibitors, premium products and invited buyers are the attention of this year’s home expo. Buyers from more than 50 countries including USA, Europe, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, UAE, Lebanon, Iran, Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa, Vietnam and Romania will be visiting the home expo.
Home Expo India covers sectors with maximum thrust and growth potential in home décor, furnishing, furniture, flooring, and textiles. About 500 companies in permanent marts will be exhibiting their collection under these categories at the state of the art India Expo Centre & Mart from 16 – 18 April, 2019.
During Home Expo India, a thematic display of the North Eastern region and other artisans will also attract the visitors.
Exports of furniture and accessories grew by about 27.13%, houseware and decorative 15.19%, home furnishing, flooring and home textiles 6.3% last year. Handicrafts exports during the year 2018-19 was Rs. 26,590.25 crores [prov.] registering a growth of 15.46% over the previous year.
EPCH is the nodal export promotion body for handicrafts in India and plays an important role with the main objective of boosting trade in handicrafts and also projects India’s image in the global market as a reliable supplier. This article is first published by PIB.
Ministry of Textiles Updates 