National Handloom Development Program

The handloom sector has a unique place in the Indian economy and plays a vital role in terms of providing employment, cloth production and value addition while at the same time preserves India‟s rich cultural heritage.

Features of National Handloom Development Program

National Handloom Development Programme (NHDP) has been formulated for its implementation during 2017-18 to 2019-20.
The scheme will support weavers, both within and outside the cooperative fold including Self Help Groups, NGOs towards

. raw material

. design inputs

. technology up-gradation

. marketing support through exhibitions

. create permanent infrastructure in the form of Urban Haats

. marketing complexes

. development of web portal for e-marketing of handloom products

Components of the Scheme

Block Level Cluster Projects

. Maximum permissible GoI financial assistance is upto Rs. 2.00 crore per cluster.

Handloom Marketing Assistance

Concessional Credit

. Interest subsidy-Provide subsidized loan to handloom sector at the interest rate of 6% for a period of three years.

. Margin money assistance-Assistance to a maximum of Rs. 10000/- per weaver will be provided.

. Credit guarantee-The loans extended by the Banks/Financial Institutions to the handloom weavers will be guaranteed by the Credit Guarantee Fund Trust for Medium & Small Enterprises (CGTMSE).

Handloom Census

. Identity cards shall be issued to handloom weavers and allied workers.

Handloom Park
National Centre for Textile Design
R&D Projects
J&K Wool Development Project
Special Projects for Special Category States

. This aims to focus on the specific needs/ requirements of the handloom pocket/s for development and promotion of handlooms in the hilly and scattered areas of special category States like J&K, Himachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Uttrakhand or any other State as and when declared as special category State.