Visitor No. 58546
Consolidated Target & Achivement till May 10
Name of the Cluster: SHANTIPUR [Nadia]
IMPLEMENTING AGENCY: Textiles Committee, Mumbai
PROGRESS REPORT 2006-07 to 2009-10  (Upto May'10)
             
Amount Sanctioned : Rs:- 151.31 Lakhs.     
Amount Utilized : Rs:- 102.61 Lakhs.     
% of Utilization : 67.81%    
4 Years Progress4   Financial   Physical    
Sl. No. Physical Activity               Cumulative Targets Cumulative Acheivements  (Upto May'10) Cumulative Targets Cumulative Acheivements  (Upto May'10) Remarks.
A TRUST BUILDING          
1 Awarness Meeting 1.00 0.84 5 7 47 Awarness meeting conducted among weavers in the different pockets of the cluster.About 1200 weavers came to know about  the benefit of IHCDS programme & Diagnoistic study of the cluster also completed.
2 Baseline Information Collection for 5000 looms Survey 1.00 4.40 1 1 4 Base line survey was conducted in 8 G.Ps & 23 wards of Shantipur Municipality with the help of Nadia Zila Parishad & Shantipur Federation committee. Survey was conducted for 54,000 wevaers for understanding Raw materials requirement, weaving facility, marketing channels, desgining aspects etc.
3 Cluster Interface - Exposure to Other Clusters 0.50 0.00 2 0 4Due to the political problems of the cluster, exposure visit could not be started in the first year which was conducted in the 07-08 & 08-09 
B MARKET LINKAGE          
4  Buyers-Sellers Meet 7.00 1.31 13 35 4Market Linkages established with West Side, Fab India, Handloom House, Handloom & Handicraft Export Corporation (HHEC), Reliance Retails, Ranjana Fabrics, Pune, SPARSH, Kolkata etc                                               4Total Bulk order received is Rs 31.87 Lakhs
5 Exhibition outside the Cluster 18.75 30.41 18 66 4  14 consortium taking care of more than 5000 weavers Participated in Delhi Haat Exchibition, Silk Fab in Mumbai, State HL Expo in Kolkata, Silk Fab in Ahmedabad, HL expo in Purulia, WB, Lucknow, Aurangabad, Chandigarh, Pitampura , Banglore, Hubli, Hydrabad, Berhumpur, Barasat, Midnapur, Ranaghat, Mayapur, Nander, Latur, Coimbatore, Patna, Jaipur, Bhubaneshwar, Patna, Chennai, New Delhi, Banglore, Kolkata, Baroda participated at Textiles India Fair, Cotton of India fair at Pragati Maidan                                           4 Cumulative Sales so far 149.70 Lakhs  through participation in 66  fairs so far attended
4 Weavers groups on  self sustainable way started participating in various fairs through out India
 
6 Export Procedure / Export Marketing Training 3.00 2.75 3 3 ? Programme conducted on "How to do direct export by Cluster approach" - Total 120 stakeholders participated.     ? Programme conducted on "Export Procedure", at MSME, Kolkata: Total 50 stakeholders participated.                  ?Export Marketing programme conducted for 2 weeks - 20 participants at MSME Kolkata 
7 Product Catalogue 6.92 6.30 3 7 4 Four Exclusive product catalogues were developed ; One on Saree & Other three on mixed products 4 Two other cluster catalogues  & One CD of cluster products were developed
8 Market Study 3.00 3.08 1 1 Textile Connections of Mumbai were engaged, Study completed & report submitted.
9 Advertising & Publishing Material of Cluster 4.00 1.13 4 8 ? One advertisement published in Indo German Chamber of Commerce Journal. ?One advertisement in the Annual Publicationof  Indo German Chamber of Commerce Annual Journal 4Four other in Textiles Excellence Journal Other two in MSME Shilpo Mela & Calcutta University Alumni Association Journal
10 Creation of Web Site 0.50 0.50 1 1 Common Website developed by NRA
C FINANCIAL LINKAGE          
11 Credit Facilitation for master weavers through MCGF (Bankers Consortia interface with Consortia) 2.00 3.32 1 1  4Rs 10 Lakhs through MCGF to weavers group taking care of 300 weavers  4Rs. 1,11,300  through SHG in the first Phase SHG Capacity Building
4Rs 10 lakhs  in 2nd phase SHG Capacity Building ( 09-10)  4Rs 2.16 Lakhs Credit to 6 SHG Groups
 
D DESIGN & NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT          
12 Designer Involvement 17.20 7.19 3 2 ? Total 69 designs developed by designers in the cluster.                     ?Desiner Mr.S.Sadhu & Smt Aditi Mukherjee engaged & developed 46 designs for Curtain, Cushion Cover, Table runner, Sarees, etc.   ? 15 motifs developed thru' local designers; 4 New generation fibres of ORGANIC COTTON & BAMBOO, Lyocel & Soybean fibres introduced first time in the cluster & also market linkages established.Productivity incresaes with Lyocel & income level of the weavers increased. 4 So far no market linkages established through cluster Designer.                                    
13 Product Prototype Development 7.50 4.04 1 1 4Total 110 Prototype products were developed by the Cluster  ? International expert from SES Germany developed 35 prototype products from existing products & also developed market linkages with West Side. Other prototype products were developed by NIFT & Kolkata based fashion design House M/s Pinnacle,
14 Capacity Building of Local Designers 7.00 2.21 11 16 4Total 295 Local Designers& Weavers were trained in 21 Training Programmes.
4 Three International Textiles & Fashion Designer from Holland & Germany were the resource persons
4Country's first designer consortium  evolved  to promote photo studio for Up gradation of local designs
 
F INSTITUTIONAL STRENGTHENING          
15 Formation of SHGs, Common Interest Group for Marketing, etc. 6.50 5.92 200 204 4 Capacity building of 190 SHG  & trained in Design, Marketing, Management skills
4Total 2571 weavers covered
453 of the SHG groups evolved into 7 SHG federation/Society
4Total 8 Gram Panchayat & 23 wards of Shantipur Municipality covered for capacity Building                                                                                          4 14 consortium evolved covering more than 5000 weavers
4Consortium are registered under non profitable society
43 consortia developed their common weaving shade for Product Dev.
4Cluster consortia   promoted Cluster federation for catering big orders
4For promotion of welfare of weavers
4For Joint participation in fairs & exhibition
 
16 Engagement of Professional for GI Registation 1.50 0.18 1 2 Two geographical Indication  awareness programme was organised by Shantipur Cluster & another one programme was particapted by Cluster stakeholders in Kolkata.Total 120 weavers were sensitized. State Govt with facilitation from Shantipur Cluster Office was the IA for getting GI for Shantipur & Shantipur Cluster got the GI 
17 Engagement of Professional / Employee for the Technical Asst. / Consortium 6.50 4.10 1 1 One technical person appointed  for instituional building
18 Exposure Visit 3.00 2.99 2 8 ? 9 Exposure visits conducted & 60 Stakeholders reaped the benefit
ü Exposure visit conducted to Kannur, Alleppy, Kalady, Pochampally, Malda etc.
ü Exposed Shantipur weavers first time to consortium operation, MCGF credit approach, hiring of foreign expert
ü  Exposed to modern technology like Pneumatic Jacquard, Twisting Machines, Fsg. Machines
ü  Exposed to Common Marketing Outlet, Joint purchase of raw materials
 
G MONITORING          
19 Formation of CDCG & Meeting 0.85 1.43 8 12 4 CDCG meetings conducted & 6 review meeting conducted in presence of WSc incharge for reviewing the progress of Design Studio, Dye house implementation & functioning of Yarn Bank.
H TRAINING & WORKSHOP          
20 Orientation Workshop of Dyers 7.00 6.77 1 59 44 Dyers training programme were organized on Vat & Reactive Dyes 4Another 55 different categories Total 2201 stakeholders were trained in 59 training programme
426 different categories of training were imparted including proto type product development, Project formulation, EDP, MDP, Packaging, Vegetable Dyeing etc
4Weaver's mindset changed, Started working in group approach
4Weavers on their own starts formulating the project as per need.
4Product diversification training increased the income level of weavers more than double from Rs 40 to Rs 100
 
21 Dyers Training (On Vegetables) 1.50 0.72 1 2 2 Dyers training programme conducted on vegetable dyes with the resouce support from VB University
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT          
22 Feasibility study for Common Facility Centere 0.50 0.15 1   Conducted for common facility centre on dyeing.
23 Common Facility Centre for Dyeing 10.99 0.79 1 0 The Cluster Society is providing 20% contribution & land. Tendering completed. Work Order already  placed , Construction started & construction would be completed by 15th August  10.                   
J CORPUS FOR YARN          
24 Corpus for Yarn through NHDC 5.00 5.00 1 3 31 cycles of yarn has been rotated so far for benefit of 275 weavers, worth of Rs.38.75 lakhs.Benefit is repaing by three cluster consortium & society
K NEW ACTIVITIES SANCTIONED          
25 Business Link Programme with CBI, PUM, etc. 3.00 1.49 8 3 ?1st idea of Prototype product of garments was introduced by SES Germany based fashion designer and developed for market linkages with EU market.& market linkages with West side established. PUM country co-ordinator called Mr.Wouter Cryghton visited Shantipur Cluster to aces the progress & future support from PUM to Shantipur cluster.  ? Holland Govt. supported supported Shantipur consortium by contributing  2000 Euro  for finishing machine.An awarness programme was organized on "Establishment of Market linkages with Europe" with resource support from Mr.Tonny Neijmeier of PUM, Holland in Shantipur Cluster office. The expert explained how to deal with European byuers, requirement of quality, prices of the products & different types of support provided by Business Support Organization like PUB, CBI, etc. Total 22 weavers of differnt consortium reaped the benefit of the programme.4  One Cluster group already supplied samples of stoles for direct market linkages to Holland for bulk supply            
26 Training on Value Addition (Embroidery, Stoles, Fringes) 1.50 0.26 7 5 Total 63  weavers, designers  were trained in 5 programme in value addition training in Kantha Stitch , Block Printing, Product diversification. Among them 46 are ladies weavers. 
27 Preparation of catalogue of consortium 1.00 0.91 10 7 Consortium catalogues for 7 cluster groups were developed for establishing institutional based market linkages.Already four cluster groups evolved under IHCDP esablished direct market linakges.
28 Common B2C portal of all consortium 1.50 0.43 1 1 Web Portal developed under the name of www.feelhandlooms.com. A sensitization among weavers were created for operation of Web Portal . 40 weavers different groups reaped the benefit. DRDC from Nadia provided the fund of 1.14 for 1st Instalment
29 Coverage of Handloom Mark for consortium on PPP mode 1.00 0.99 5 65 65 group registration completed. HL mark made available from Shnatipur Cluster Office. More than 25,000 Hnadloom Mark levels were sold from Shantipur Cluster Office
30 Supplying Handloom Accessories  2.00 1.84 100 6 Six new technology imported from South India for higher productivity & improvement of quality & Health problem free Weaving
ü Like Pneumatic Jacquard, Solid Border Additional Sley, High Speed Looms, Jacquard Extra Heald etc.
ü Total 47 weavers of various consortium trained on new technology
 
31 Establishment of Modern Design Studio by Designers consortium  8.00 9.65 1 0 ü Country's first Consortium approach based Design Studio started functioning
ü Unique in Textiles Sector in the country started successfully in operation from 1st March 10
ü Weavers income would be increased by Rs 4000/ year
ü Minimum 5000 new Design would be produced by the center
ü 5000 Weavers would be benefited
ü Annual target of Card Punching is 30 Lakh
32 Provision of Handloom Jacquard, Upgradation of Handloom, Dobby, Steel Road on PPP mode 2.00 1.02 400 69 New HLs Installed ?ü 134 New HLs has been installed in the area of Gober char & Barodanga  of Shantipur.
ü  This is an unique initiatives & idea floated by Shantipur IHCDP Project & converged jointly with CSB & state Govt.
ü This directly benefits weavers to increase their income level by almost double
 
33 Provision of Twisting Machine (400 Spindles) 0.60 0.00 1 Under Progress ?One group of Belgoria 1 Gram panchayat , M/s.Fulia Tangail Tantujibi Unnayan Samiti Ltd. Showed interest for providing land & participatory contribution. ?Shed already construcShantipur Handloom Cluster facilitated the exposure visit of two members of Tangail Samobay samiti No.2 of Belgoria I Gram Panchayat, visited Malda for understanding the techo-economic viability of twisting machines first time in Shanipur cluster  for value addition in Handloom fabric in the form of Gerogette & Crepe.
34 Interface with Banks & Financial Institution 0.50 0.40 5 4 ? Total credit of Rs 28.26 Lacks  4Rs. 1,11,300  through SHG in the first Phase SHG Capacity Building
4Rs 10 lakhs  in 2nd phase SHG Capacity Building ( 09-10)  4Rs 2.16 Lakhs Credit to 6 SHG Groups
 
35 Value addition through establishment of Block & screen printing facility 2.50 0.00 1 DPR Prepared  Beneficiaries identified & agreed to provide participatory amount  ; DPR Prepared 
 4PS: The activities in the first year Action Plan 2006 – 07 could not be initiated due to political clashes.  In this regard reference is invited to D.O. letter No.5/13/2007-DCH/Cluster dated 10/07/07 of the DCH.
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