Development of Cottage Industry

New Delhi, August 14, 2014: Development of cottage industries is mainly the responsibility of the State Governments. However, The Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) supplements the efforts of State Governments for promotion of khadi, village industries and coir through a number of schemes implemented by Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) and Coir Board.

The details of production and export of coir and coir products during each of the last three years and the current year are:

Production of Coir Fibre During last three years

 

Exports of Coir and Coir products from India for the last three years .

Product	2011 – 12		2012 – 13		2013-14
	Quantity	Value	Quantity	Value	Quantity	Value
Curled coir	11855.97	3171.30	8883.14	2112.46	11262.66	2947.93
Coir fibre	119684.54	20323.98	140692.93	20707.66	173901.72	32878.11
Coir rugs	191.00	185.55	94.83	133.37	93.43	105.99
Coir pith	206424.57	22150.70	208399.28	24727.61	271494.76	34173.23
Coir rope	792.82	340.99	419.62	282.41	497.84	390.17
Coir other sorts	58.36	68.75	30.36	39.33	88.86	163.13
Coir yarn	5562.87	3140.70	4202.30	2387.22	4246.88	2848.26
Geo- textiles	3680.91	2433.12	3597.30	2628.74	4468.27	3503.78
Handloom mats	27656.17	23545.00	24150.93	22810.10	22608.90	23623.82
Handloom matting	1473.78	1582.83	1418.31	1702.76	3425.63	3353.91
Powerloom mats	36.14	24.56	1.94	3.15	234.21	278.36
Powerloom Matting	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Rubberised coir	415.60	549.80	321.47	495.02	965.43	1560.76
Tufted mats	33021.17	27745.26	37288.51	33572.91	43751.79	41776.39
TOTAL	410853.90	105262.54	429500.92	111602.74	537040.38	147603.84

Quantity- MT. Value – Rs. in lakhs

The Export of coir and coir products during the current financial year upto may 2014 is 101054 MT valued at Rs. 250.75 Cr.

In order to boost the export of Coir Products The Government, through Coir Board’s Plan Programme of Export Market Promotion, is implementing programmes like Market study/survey, Participation in international fairs/exhibitions/seminars/conferences and Publicity abroad. In additional to the above, incentives like Duty drawback, Duty scrip, Duty credit Scrip, Interest subvention and Zero duty Export Promotion Capital Goods (EPCG) Scheme are also extended to Coir Products.

The Government through Coir Board is implementing various schemes/programmes for sustainable development of Coir industry in the country including the Southern States such as Coir Plan General scheme which includes Skill Upgradation and Quality Improvement Scheme & Mahila Coir Yojana, Development of Production Infrastructure, Export Market Promotion, Domestic Market Promotion, Trade and Industry Related Functional Support Services, Welfare Measures(Group personal accident insurance scheme for coir workers). The Coir Board is also implementing the Plan scheme Science and Technology(S&T), Rejuvenation, Modernization and Technology Upgradation (REMOT) of Coir Industries and Scheme of Funds for Regeneration of Traditional Industries (SFRUTI).

In Khadi and Village Industry Sector; the Government through KVIC is implementing various central sector schemes for development of micro industries. KVIC as nodal agency at national level is implementing Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme(PMEGP) for generating employment in the Country by setting up of micro-enterprises in the non-farm sector.

This information was given by the Union Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Shri Kalraj Mishra in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha.

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