FUNCTIONS & ORGANISATIONAL SET UP - Ministry of Textiles

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MINISTRY OF TEXTILEinclude Weavers’ Service Centres, IndianInstitutes of Handloom Technology and theEnforcement Machinery forImplementation of Handloom (Reservationof Articles for Production) Act., 1985.(ii) Office of the DevelopmentCommissioner for HandicraftsThis office is headed by the DevelopmentCommissioner for Handicrafts, whichfunctions for promotion & export ofhandicrafts. The Office assists the StateGovernments in planning and execution ofdevelopment schemes for handicrafts. Ithas 6 regional offices at Mumbai, Kolkata,Lucknow, Chennai, Guwahati and NewDelhi.2. SUBORDINATE OFFICES(i)Office of the Textile CommissionerThe office of the Textile Commissioner hasits headquarters at Mumbai with 8 regionaloffices throughout the country. The officeis headed by the Textile Commissioner.The Textile Commissioner acts as theprincipal technical advisor to the Ministry.This office is entrusted with theresponsibility of implementation of variousregulatory orders. Through a network ofregional offices, the Textile Commissionercarries out techno-economic surveys andadvises the Government about the generaleconomic health of the textile industry. Thedevelopmental activities of the Office ofthe Textile Commissioner centre aroundplanning the growth and overalldevelopment of the textile sector . ThirteenPowerloom Service Centres arefunctioning under the administrativecontrol of the Textile Commissioner. TheTextile Commissioner also supervises thework of 31 Powerloom Service Centresrun by TRAs and State Governmentagencies, apart from monitoring variousdevelopmental and promotional schemesincluding Technology Upgradation FundScheme for the textile and decentralisedpowerloom sectors.(ii) Office of the Jute CommissionerThis office is headed by the JuteCommissioner. Located at Kolkata, thisoffice is entrusted with the responsibility ofimplementing the policies of theGovernment in jute sector. Just as theTextile Commissioner acts as the principaltechnical adviser to the Ministry on textileindustry, the Jute Commissioner givestechnical advice to the Ministry on allmatters relating to the jute industryincluding the jute machinery industry3. ADVISORY BOARDS(i)Development Council for TextileIndustryThe Development Council for TextileIndustry is an advisory body setup undersection-6 of Industries(Development &Regulation) Act, 1951 to consider andmake recommendations to government onmatters concerning the Scheduled TextileIndustry including recommendations onmeasures necessary for technologicalupgradation; capacity utilization;availability of raw material; training orretraining of persons engaged or proposedto be engaged in the industry; enhancedscientific and technical research;standardization of products; and thecollection of statistics from such industryfor development of a database foreconomic planning.18
ANNUAL REPORT 2002-2003The council was reconstituted on 13 thFebruary, 2001 for a period of two years.The council, which has Minister of Textilesas Chairman and Minister of State forTextiles as Vice-Chairman, has 23 othermembers representing various sectors oftextile industry.(ii)All India Handicrafts BoardThe All India Handicrafts Board has beenconstituted under the Chairmanship ofMinister of Textiles with the DevelopmentCommissioner(Handicrafts) as Member-Secretary. The board advises theGovernment on maters pertaining to thedevelopment of the Handicrafts sector.(iii)All India Powerloom BoardThe All India Powerloom Board has beenconstituted as an advisory body under thechairmanship of the Minister of Textileswith the Textile Commissioner as theMember-Secretary. It has representativesof the Central and State Governments,powerloom federations/associations of thedecentralised powerloom sector as itsmembers. The functions of the Boardinclude advising the Government onmatters concerning growth anddevelopment of the decentralisedpowerloom sector. The Board wasreconstituted vide resolution dated18.02.2003. It has 30 members.(iv)All India Handloom BoardThe Board was constituted under thechairmanship of Minister of Textiles withthe Development Commissioner(Handlooms) as the Member-Secretary.The Board advises the Government onvarious aspects of development of thehandloom sector.(v)Cotton Advisory BoardThe Cotton Advisory Board headed by theTextile Commissioner is a representativebody of the Central and StateGovernment agencies, growers, industryand the trade. It advises the Governmentgenerally on matters pertaining toproduction, consumption and marketing ofcotton and also provides a forum forliaison among the cotton textile millindustry, the cotton growers, the cottontrade and the Government. It wasreconstituted on 10.7.2001 and has 47members.(vi)Jute Advisory BoardThe Jute Advisory Board headed by theJute Commissioner advises theGovernment generally on matterspertaining to jute falling within the purviewof Jute & Jute Textiles Control Order-2002including production estimates of jute andmesta. The Board was re-constituted on31 st May, 2002. It has 20 members.(vii)Coordination Council of TRAsIn order to coordinate the activities of allthe Textile Research Associations (TRA) inthe textile sector with a view to promotinglinkages to the development of the textileindustry and for achievement of nationalpriorities, a Coordination Council for theTextile Research Associations under thechairmanship of Secretary (Textiles) hasbeen constituted.The functions of the Council are to assessthe on-going programmes of the researchassociations; identify programmes ofpriorities keeping in view the overall needs19
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