| Name of the Cluster: VARANASI |
| IMPLEMENTING AGENCY : EDI of India, Ahmedabad |
| PROGRESS REPORT 2006-07 to 2009-10 (Upto May'10) |
| Amount Sanctioned : Rs:- 175.95 Lakhs. |
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| Amount Utilized : Rs:- 137.53 Lakhs. |
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| % of Utilization : 78.16 % |
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| 4 Years Progress |
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Financial |
Physical |
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Physical Activity |
Cumulative Targets |
Cumulative Acheivements (Upto May'10) |
Cumulative Targets |
Cumulative Acheivements (Upto May'10) |
Remarks. |
| A |
CLUSTER MAPPING & INITIAL TRUST BUILDING |
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| 1 |
Awarness Meeting, Stakeholders Workshop |
0.60 |
0.60 |
3 |
3 |
?One Cluster Sensitization workshop.
?Two awarness meeting with AD(H&I), ICICI (Lombard). ?WSC Programme understanding development among the core cluster actors. |
| 2 |
Baseline Information Collection for 5000 looms Survey |
1.00 |
1.00 |
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Base line survey of three pocket Korwa, Lohata, Ramnagar completed. Area profiling & survey analysis has been done. |
| 3 |
Cluster Interface-Exposure to Other Cluster |
0.50 |
0.50 |
1 |
1 |
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| B |
MARKET LINKAGE |
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| 4 |
Interface Buyers-Sellers Meet |
39.50 |
35.95 |
37 |
76 |
? Events organised at Varanasi & Delhi with Kotex, Fab India, Big Bazar & Pantaloon, CCIC, HHEC, Shahi Export, Radiant Exports, Hara Design, Hanun Creation, Balaji Emporium, Good Earth, Lifestyle, Sri Design Studio, Hi - Design - Pondechery, ITPO exhibition, also attended by NRA -B.S. Meet. |
| 5 |
Exhibitions - Outsite the Cluster |
Altogether attended 76 exhibition programme conducted or sponsored by NRA and several other organization like ACASH, NHDC, NABARD, Dilli Haat, etc., organized at Jaipur, Delhi, Ahmedabad, Jammu, Jodhpur, Mumbai, etc. Total Sales generated worth of Rs.475.98 lakhs. |
| 6 |
Export Procedure Training |
1.00 |
0.50 |
2 |
1 |
Event with IIFT was organized in WSC, Varanasi, 34 participants comprising Master Weavers, Co-operatives & SHG bendfited by the deliberation on export. |
| 7 |
Exhibitions - Inhouse within the Cluster |
1.00 |
1.00 |
1 |
2 |
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| 8 |
Product Catalogue |
5.20 |
5.15 |
10 |
7 |
?Upgradation of 2nd volume of Cataloge completed. ?Publicity Agency SILP, Nodia preparing soft catalogue of Varanasi products & documentary film on Cluster. ?3rd volume of Fabric Catalogue new printed product catalogue, also e-catalogue have been prepared and several new swatches added. ?New Swatches Catalogue has been prepared. ?Publicity materials has been distributed in cluster area. ?Sign board have been distributed in cluster area as part of publicity. ?Website development. |
| 9 |
Market Study |
1.00 |
0.90 |
1 |
1 |
Market study awarded to Fourth Vision, Ahmedabad & report completed. |
| C |
FINANCIAL LINKAGE |
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| 10 |
Meetings with the Bankers, interface with the SHGs |
3.05 |
2.56 |
16 |
13 |
? Total 135 SHGs formed, which covers 1617 Weavers & Credit amount linkages Rs.82.63 lakhs, till April'10. ?Meetings with NABARD, SIDBI, Lead Bank, RRBs, WSC & District Collectorate of Varansai has been conducted financial institutions has been briefed about the scheme, future support for groups & consortium has been assured.
? Invitee member DLBC & BLBC participated in meeting regularly. Apart of which 4 nos. of meeting with the concerened banks were organized to facilitate bankers in extending financial support to the grass root weavers.
? One to one interaction with the concerned depts. going on. Meeting with Kashi Gomti Garmeen Bank at village Kotwa. FAB'10: with the board directors and share holder had a meeting with PNB at Parab branch to extend the loan at Ramnagar. MAR'10: SHG members and shareholder of producer comp have a interaction with Allahabad Bank Branch Mangaer. |
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Facilitation of credit linkages with financial institutions |
1.00 |
1.00 |
35 |
55 |
31 nos. of SHGs get loan from bank amount Rs.58.83 lakshs loan has been extended to 34 wervers families. Altogether Rs.70.38 lakhs loan has been extended in the cluster pockets by concerned banks with the efforts of EDI. |
| 11 |
Corpus for Yarn |
10.00 |
10.00 |
1 |
1 |
About 193.66 lakhs of yarn has been supplied thru' NHDC, which were benefited to 600 Weavers & total 39 cycle completed till date. |
| D |
DESIGN & NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT |
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| 12 |
Engagement of Designer |
12.20 |
10.40 |
1 |
1 |
Designer engaged and made 25 days of field visit in the cluster. |
| 13 |
Designer Involvement, Product-Prototype, Workshop on new Product Development with Master Weavers |
4.00 |
2.00 |
2 |
1 |
?Engagement of NID Designer for product development project for Fab India, New Delhi.
?Out of developed 25 fabric samples, 8 have been approved for final production, modification on other has been sought. |
| 14 |
Development of new & diversified products appropriate for the national & international markets. |
11.00 |
10.40 |
95 |
84 |
About 84 designs (Scarfs, Wall Hanging, Running Fabrics, Saris, Garments, Dress Materials, High Design Fabric, Sarees, etc.) have been developed by the designer and 30 new design developed in association with WSC, Varansai. Revolving fund been used for product development. Sales orders secured by efforts of new designs were Rs.19.25 lakhs upto April'10 |
| 15 |
Training of Local Designers |
1.00 |
1.00 |
2 |
2 |
Designers from WSC & NID has given design inputs to local designers. |
| 16 |
Introduction of Take-up Motions with Steel frame for enhancing the quality & productivity of looms |
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| E |
QUALITY UPGRADATION |
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| 17 |
Dyers Workshop |
2.00 |
0.50 |
4 |
1 |
Six Dyers sent to ATUL, Valsad - Centralised dyeing technoglogy specially on Cotton was imparted. |
| 18 |
Orientation Workshop of Dyers at the Cluster |
1.00 |
0.25 |
4 |
1 |
Two day workshop with WSC conducted in Kotwa, Azo free dyeing technology imparted. |
| 19 |
Training on AUTOCAD for local designers |
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| F |
TRAINING & WORKSHOPS |
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| 20 |
Dyeing workshop in the cluster |
3.80 |
3.65 |
18 |
32 |
?Five days workshops orientation programme organised in association with Digitex Colour March, Salem.
?One day workshops conducted in the cluster pockets to impart information and knowldege to the stakeholder especially dyers about the adequate process of dyeing and to know the basic problems in existing tradtional process on dyeing.
? Total 839 dyers & weavers participated. |
| 21 |
Training of dyers at WSC or with dyeing companies/outside the cluster for a week |
4.60 |
3.10 |
13 |
10 |
? 4 Programes conducted for 2 to 3 Dyers workshops with 10 Dyers each with the help of WSC.
? 5 Programmes on Intensive training were provided to 81 nos. of weavers / dyers to improve their konwldege in dyeing process resulting improvement in dyeing quality and reduction in cost of dyeing. ? 1 Programme conducted at WSC. |
| G |
INSTITUTIONAL STRENGTHENING |
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| 22 |
Formation of SHGs Consortiums |
2.00 |
2.00 |
20 |
20 |
20 SHGs formed. |
| 23 |
Handloom Mark / Silk Mark Registration |
2.50 |
2.50 |
5 |
6 |
? Handloom Mark given to four Co-operative Societies & 60 individual master weavers in Varanasi.
? The marketing of Fab India, New Delhi - product will be done with Handloom Mark only.
? 2 Silk mark awarness meetings; and
? 3 Handloom mark awarness meetings organised in cluster area. Under the HL Mark 84 Individual Weavers, 2 Master Weavers & 4 Co-operative Societies registered for Mark. |
| 24 |
Formation of Handloom Consortium, Registration under legal entity |
0.50 |
0.50 |
1 |
1 |
Meeting with Master weavers / SHGs, Co-operatives members completed & initial consent taken. One formed which covers 1556 members till April'10 |
| 25 |
Engagement of Professional / Employee for the association / consortium |
0.50 |
0.50 |
1 |
0 |
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| 26 |
Formation of weavers groups in Kotwa, Lohta & Ramnagar |
3.75 |
3.66 |
125 |
125 |
Total 125 SHGs has been formed and linked with banks and covered 644 weavers in SHG fold. |
| 27 |
Formation of Marketing platform / producer company for Kotwa, Lohta & Ramnagar |
1.50 |
1.50 |
1 |
1 |
Registration of Producer's Compnay in the name of Banaras Hathkargha Vikas Samiti Producers Co. Ltd. - Registered under producers Co. Act. (Members are 1556). |
| 28 |
Capacity building of office bearers & members of the gorups. |
2.25 |
2.25 |
20 |
20 |
?4 Managerial Training programme conducted on Costing, Quality Control & Vision building workshop for board of directors of Producers company for the Co-operative Society, Master Weavers, SHGs members. ?6 Programmes conducted to strengthen skills in operational aspects, maintaing minutes of the meeting, book keepting, etc. They were also imparted training in quality control and in marketing fornt. ?Strengthening of existing SHGs and awarness creation for the formation of new SHGs. Ramnagar, Kotwa & Lohta, total 7 managerial training conducted on Costing & Pricing for the SHG members ?3 Programmes conducted - 60 participants took part |
| H |
MONITORING |
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| 29 |
Formation of CDCG & Meeting |
1.10 |
0.65 |
12 |
5 |
?CDCG constituted, meeting deferred due to code of conduct in UP election. ?4 Meetings conducted besides the several time CDCC members has informal meeting to solve the cluster related issues. |
| H |
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT |
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| 30 |
CFC & Dye House at Kotwa |
31.18 |
31.18 |
1 |
1 |
Construction work completed, well furnished and all machine & equipments installed, ready for inguration. |
| 31 |
Common Dyeing House with 5kgs. Yarn per lot capacity at Ramnagar & Lohta |
10.80 |
10.80 |
3 |
2 |
?Two Dye Houses upgraded at Lohta and Ramnagar, both are commercial functioning well.
?New Dye House will be setup at the 1st floor of CFC building, construction is over & ready for inguration. |
| 32 |
Engagement of a Professional for Managing the Centre - Technical Resource Person |
1.20 |
1.38 |
1 |
1 |
One professional hired as Technical Resouce person |
| I |
NEW ACTIVITIES PROPOSED |
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| 33 |
Business Development Service providers Interface at Varanasi |
2.50 |
2.00 |
4 |
3 |
Three BDS training programme were organized at Varanasi for cluster weavers. |
| 34 |
Managerial Training to the association members |
2.00 |
1.75 |
6 |
4 |
4 Programme organised on Quality Standarisation, Costing & Financial, Marketing Mgt. disciplines. |
| 35 |
Engagement of Local Designer |
1.50 |
0.00 |
1 |
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| 36 |
Training to selected Stakeholders |
2.00 |
0.00 |
4 |
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| 37 |
Development of Marketing Cadre |
2.00 |
0.00 |
2 |
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| 38 |
Improvements of existing looms |
8.00 |
1.25 |
200 |
45 |
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| 39 |
Up-gradation of existing dye houses |
3.00 |
1.00 |
2 |
7 |
7 Dye house upgraded are commercially functional |
| 40 |
Up-gradation of selected existing designing centre |
0.40 |
0.00 |
8 |
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| 41 |
Establishment of stiching units |
4.00 |
0.00 |
2 |
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| 42 |
Exposure visit to outside the cluster |
1.00 |
0.00 |
1 |
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22.15 |
15.5 |
69.98 |
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69.1 |
66.09 |
95.64 |
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34.1 |
34.25 |
100.44 |
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50.6 |
21.69 |
42.87 |
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175.95 |
137.53 |
78.16 |
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