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.StateTotal Beneficiary
1Andaman & Nicobar1460
2Andhra Pradesh2950
3Arunachal Pradesh2730
4Assam6200
5Bihar3075
6Chhattisgarh1405
7Goa500
8Gujarat8100
9Haryana1283
10Himachal Pradesh1810
11Jammu & Kashmir5770
12Jharkhand2429
13Karnataka2750
14Kerala1520
15Ladakh500
16Madhya Pradesh7200
17Maharashtra11349
18Manipur1545
19Meghalaya1800
20Mizoram1000
21Nagaland1400
22New Delhi1405
23Odisha3055
24Puducherry660
25Punjab1600
26Rajasthan4618
27Sikkim1160
28Tamil Nadu1860
29Telangana3250
30Tripura1520
31Uttar Pradesh10090
32Uttarakhand1905
33West Bengal3038
GRAND TOTAL100937

Year-wise Details
 2018-192019-202020-21
Sanctioned Amount (In Crores)12.9116.9929.90
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