The purchase preference for Local Content and Local Supplier, as envisaged in the Public Procurement Policy notification, is accorded through clause (i) of Rule 153 of General Financial Rules (GFR 2017)of Government of India for handloom items.Year-wise and State-wise details of procurement are at Annexure- “A”. A list of handloom items procured by Indian Railways and Ministry of Home affairs (Para-military Force) is at Annexure – “B”. Also, Ministry of Defence has not procured any handloom items during the above period.
Annexure – “A”
| State-wise, year-wise list of suppliers, procurement agencies. | |||||
| S.No. | State | Name of agency | Value of handloom items supplied (Rupees in lakh) | ||
| 2017-18 | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | |||
| 1 | Assam | Assam Apex Weavers & Artisan Coop Fed. Ltd. (ARTFED), Guwahati | 700.42 | 961.87 | 339.78 |
| Bodoland Regional Apex Weavers & Artisan Cooperative Federation Ltd., Kokrajhar | 144.45 | 464.09 | 585.18 | ||
| 2 | Bihar | Bihar State Sheep & Wool Workers Coop Union Ltd., Patna | 57.96 | 9.34 | 0 |
| 3 | Gujarat | Gujarat Rajya Handloom, Handicrafts &AudyogicSahkari Federation Ltd.(GUSICA), Ahmedabad | 692.26 | 902.18 | 264.96 |
| 4 | Himachal Pradesh | Himachal Pradesh State Handicraft and Handloom Corp Ltd.,(HPHHC), Shimla | 146.15 | 315.49 | 325.96 |
| Himachal Pradesh State Handloom & Handicrafts Cooperative Federation Ltd., Kullu |
0.00 | 0.00 | 54.46 | ||
| 5 | Jammu & Kashmir | J & K State Handloom Development Corp Ltd., Jammu (J&KHDC), Jammu | 496.67 | 815.63 | 551.59 |
| 6 | Maharashtra | All India Handloom Fabrics Marketing Cooperative Society Ltd. (Handloom House), Mumbai | 964.93 | 842.53 | 195.09 |
| Maharashtra State Handloom Coop Federation (Mahatex), Mumbai | 105.00 | 1442.14 | 215.73 | ||
| 7 | Nagaland | Nagaland Handlooms & Handicrafts Development Corporation (NHHDC), Dimapur | 122.42 | 107.91 | 126.99 |
| 8 | Tamil Nadu | All India Handloom Fabrics Marketing Cooperative Society Ltd. (Handloom House), Salem | 444.69 | 531.74 | 109.5 |
| Tamil Nadu Handloom Dev. Corpn (TNHDC), Chennai | 1683.56 | 1935.78 | 1039.98 | ||
| 9 | Uttar Pradesh | All India Handloom Fabrics Marketing Cooperative Society Ltd. (Handloom House), Noida | 143.63 | 444.64 | 21.4 |
| HANDTEX Industrial Coop. Federation Ltd., Aligarh | 65.64 | 211.74 | 38.04 | ||
| U.P. Apex Export Coop. Marketing Association Ltd.,(U.P. Export),Kanpur | 461.40 | 966.70 | 292.04 | ||
| U.P. Apex Handloom Marketing and Development Cooperative Federation Ltd, Kanpur | 8.41 | 70.84 | 0 | ||
| U.P. Bunkar Apex Cooperative Society Ltd., Moradabad | 102.52 | 233.71 | 126.45 | ||
| U.P. Indl Coop. Association Ltd.(UPICA), Kanpur | 637.42 | 577.95 | 321.07 | ||
| U.P. State Handloom Corpn.(UPH), Kanpur | 427.34 | 478.53 | 319.25 | ||
| U.P. Textiles Production & Marketing Apex Coop. Federation Ltd.,(UPTP&M), Kanpur |
390.17 | 431.28 | 54.48 | ||
| UP Handloom Textile Apex Marketing Cooperative Federation, Kanpur (U.P.Fed.),Kanpur | 670.10 | 567.64 | 128.76 | ||
| 10 | West Bengal | All India Handloom Fabrics Marketing Cooperative Society Ltd. (Handloom House), Kolkata | 0.00 | 34.94 | 0 |
| West Bengal State Handicrafts Cooperative Society Ltd., Kolkata | 122.91 | 306.44 | 59.13 | ||
| West Bengal State Handloom Weavers Coop Society(Tantuja), Kolkata | 1084.01 | 1912.21 | 789.51 | ||
| Total | 9672.06 | 14565.32 | 5959.35 | ||
Annexure –“B”
| Details showing Handloom items supplied to different indenting departments and its value during the year 2017-18, 2018-19 and 2019-20 (upto 15.7.2019) | |||||||||
| 2017-18 | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | |||||||
| Indentor | Item | Value (Rs. In lakhs) | Value (Rs. In lakhs) | Value (Rs. In lakhs) | |||||
| Ministry of Home affairs
(Para-military Force) |
Bed Durry | 323.03 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Railway | Bed Sheet | 7022.38 | 10818 | 4280.48 | |||||
| Railway | Blanket | 524.15 | 793.53 | 855.04 | |||||
| Railway | Blanketing Cloth | 16.24 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Railway | Pillow cover | 828.79 | 1438.04 | 508.81 | |||||
| Railway | Sponge cloth | 74.86 | 24.26 | 11.28 | |||||
| Railway | Towel | 882.63 | 1491.52 | 303.74 | |||||
| Total | 9672.08 | 14565.35 | 5959.35 | ||||||
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This information was given by the Union Minister of Textiles, SmritiZubinIrani, in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.
