New Delhi December 19, 2013: There are five Indian Institute of Handloom Technology (IIHT) located at Varanasi, Salem , Jodhpur , Guwahati and Bargarh . IIHTs have also been set up in the state sector by the respect State Governments with one time partial support of the Government of India. IIHT Venkatagiri (Andhra Pradesh), IIHT Kannur (Kerala), IIHT Gadag- Betagiri (Karnataka), IIHT Champa (Chhattisgarh) is functioning in the State Sector. A new IIHT in central sector at Shantipur in West Bengal has been approved in the XII five year plan. There is currently no proposal to set up IIHT in Uttarakhand.
Concentration of weavers, production of handloom products and requirement of trained/ qualified manpower for handloom sector are the main criteria to establish any IIHT at a particular location/area.
The information was given by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Textiles Smt.Panabaaka Lakshmi in the Rajya Sabha today. CCI Newswire
