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In 2019-2021, 100937 artisans covered under Ambedkar Hastshilp Vikas Yojana (AHVY) Scheme

Published: December 16, 2021
Author: Manali bhanushali

The Government has taken initiative for adoption of viable craft clusters across the country and need based interventions like design & technology upgradation, marketing platforms, distribution of tool-kits, welfare programmes, seminar and awareness camps have been provided to these clusters. Further, for formalization of clusters, artisan-based Producer Companies have been conceptualized and 56 producer companies have been formed across the country so far covering Export Oriented craft cluster, SC, ST, Women Clusters, linking with Tourism Spot and aspirational districts for overall development of cluster artisans. Total 138 clusters have been adopted in last three years in which 27 are in Uttar Pradesh, 9 in Maharashtra, 6 in Tamil Nadu and 4 in Tripura. State wise number of beneficiaries covered under Ambedkar Hastshilp Vikas Yojana and financial assistance provided to them in the last three years is enclosed in Annexure-I.

The evaluations have been done across the country to assess the cluster activities.  As per recommendation of the evaluation report, Govt. organized 670 chaupals/ shivirs all over the country for providing Aadhar linked Pahchan cards, facilitating the artisans through MUDRA loan and for onboarding the artisans on the Government e-Marketplace (GeM) portal and making them aware of the e-commerce market. Further, the revised Ambedkar Hastshilp Vikas Yojana (AHVY) Scheme, considering the recommendation of Evaluation Reports envisages taking up more viable craft clusters across the country covering SC, ST, Women, specially abled, tourism and export potential clusters. The Govt. continues to take up viable craft clusters across the country.

ANNEXURE-I

TOTAL NUMBER OF BENEFICIARY UNDER AHVY SCHEME (2018-2021)

Sr. No. State Total Beneficiary
1 Andaman & Nicobar 1460
2 Andhra Pradesh 2950
3 Arunachal Pradesh 2730
4 Assam 6200
5 Bihar 3075
6 Chhattisgarh 1405
7 Goa 500
8 Gujarat 8100
9 Haryana 1283
10 Himachal Pradesh 1810
11 Jammu & Kashmir 5770
12 Jharkhand 2429
13 Karnataka 2750
14 Kerala 1520
15 Ladakh 500
16 Madhya Pradesh 7200
17 Maharashtra 11349
18 Manipur 1545
19 Meghalaya 1800
20 Mizoram 1000
21 Nagaland 1400
22 New Delhi 1405
23 Odisha 3055
24 Puducherry 660
25 Punjab 1600
26 Rajasthan 4618
27 Sikkim 1160
28 Tamil Nadu 1860
29 Telangana 3250
30 Tripura 1520
31 Uttar Pradesh 10090
32 Uttarakhand 1905
33 West Bengal 3038
GRAND TOTAL 100937

Year-wise Details
  2018-19 2019-20 2020-21
Sanctioned Amount (In Crores) 12.91 16.99 29.90

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