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FUNCTIONS & ORGANISATIONAL SET UP
The Ministry of Textiles is responsible for policy formulation, regulation, development and export promotion in respect of the textile sector including cotton, wool, silk, jute and other fibres and handicrafts. However, it does not deal with non-cellulosic synthetic fibres and filament yarns such as nylon, polyester, acrylic and poly-propylene. The developmental activities of the Ministry are oriented towards making adequate quantities of raw material available to all sectors of the textile industry and augmenting the production of fabrics at reasonable prices from the organised and decentralised sectors of the industry. Towards this objective, the Ministry lays down guidelines for a planned and harmonious growth of various sectors of the industry. Special emphasis is given to the development of handloom sector in view of its large employment potential. The Ministry monitors the techno-economic status of the industry and provides the requisite policy framework for modernisation and rehabilitation. The Ministry coordinates the activities of Textiles Research Associations and lends financial support to them for undertaking research and development. The Ministry of Textiles
is headed by a Secretary who is assisted in the discharge of his duties
by 4 Joint Secretaries and the Development Commissioners for Handlooms
and Handicrafts, Textile Commissioner and Jute Commissioner.
The principal functional areas of the Ministry cover the following:
Attached Offices a) Office of the Development Commissioner for Handlooms This office is headed by the Development Commissioner for Handlooms. It implements various schemes for the promotion and development of the handloom sector and has been providing assistance to handloom weavers in a variety of ways. Its subordinate offices are - Weavers’ Service Centres, Indian Institute of Handloom Technology and the enforcement machinery for implementation of The Handlooms (Reservation of Articles for Production) Act, 1985. b) Office of the Development Commissioner for Handicrafts This office is headed by the Development Commissioner for Handicrafts which functions under Ministry of Textiles for promotion and export of handicrafts. The office assists the State Governments in planning and execution of development schemes for the handicraft sector. It has 6 regional offices at Mumbai, Calcutta, Lucknow, Chennai, Guwahati and New Delhi. Subordinate Offices a) Office of the Textile Commissioner The office of Textile Commissioner has its headquarters at Mumbai with 8 regional offices throughout the country. The office is headed by the Textile Commissioner. The Textile Commissioner acts as the Principal Technical Adviser to the Ministry. This office is entrusted with the responsibility of implementation of various regulatory orders. Through a network of regional offices, the Textile Commissioner carries out techno-economic surveys and advises the Government about the general economic health of the textile industry. The developmental activities of the office of the Textile Commissioner centres around planning the growth and overall development of the textile sector. Thirteen Powerloom Service Centres are functioning under the administrative control of the Textile Commissioner. The Textile Commissioner also supervises the work of 30 Powerloom Service Centres run by TRAs and State Government agencies, apart from monitoring various developmental and promotional schemes including Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme for the textile and decentralised powerloom sectors. b) Office of the Jute Commissioner This office is headed
by the Jute Commissioner. Located at Calcutta, this office is entrusted
with the responsibility of implementing the policies of the Government
in jute sector. Just as the Textile Commissioner acts as the principal
technical adviser to the Ministry on textile industry, the Jute Commissioner
gives technical advice to the Ministry on all matters relating to the jute
industry including the jute machinery industry.
ADVISORY BOARDS 1) All India Handicrafts Board The All India Handicrafts Board has been constituted under the Chairmanship of Minister of Textiles with the Development Commissioner (Handicrafts) as Member-Secretary. The Board advises the Government on matters pertaining to the development of the handicraft sector. 2) All India Powerloom Board The All India Powerloom Board was constituted as an advisory body under the Chairmanship of the Minister of Textiles with the Textile Commissioner as the Member-Secretary. It has representatives of Central and State Governments, Powerloom federations/associations of the decentralised powerloom sector as its members. The functions of the Board include advising the Government on matters concerning growth and development of the decentralised powerloom sector. The Board was reconstituted vide resolution dated 28.10.98. It has 30 members. 3) All India Handloom Board The Board was constituted under the Chairmanship of Minister of Textiles with the Development Commissioner (Handlooms) as the Member-Secretary. The Board advises the Government on various aspects of development of the handloom sector. 4) Cotton Advisory Board The Cotton Advisory Board headed by the Textile Commissioner is a representative body of the Central and State Government departments, growers, industry and the trade. It advises the Government generally on matters pertaining to production, consumption and marketing of cotton and also provides a forum for liaison among the cotton textile mill industry, the cotton growers, the cotton trade and the Government. It was reconstituted on 19.5.99 and has 40 members. 5) Jute Advisory Board The Jute Advisory Board headed by the Jute Commissioner advises the Government generally on matters pertaining to jute falling within the purview of Jute (Licensing & Control) Order, 1961 including production estimates of jute and mesta. The Board was re-constituted in December, 1997. It has 20 members. 6) Coordination Council of Textile Research Associations In order to coordinate the activities of all the Textile Research Associations (TRAs) in the textile sector with a view to promote linkages to the development of the textile industry and for achievement of national priorities, a Coordination Council for the Textile Research Associations under the Chairmanship of Secretary(Textiles) has been constituted. The functions of
the Council are to assess the on-going programmes of the research associations;
identify programmes of priorities keeping in view the overall needs of
the industry including decentralised sector; ensure appropriate coordination
amongst different fields of research; conduct periodical evaluation of
the work carried out in the cooperative research; consider systemising
research programmes and funding arrangements so that funding is relatable
more closely to programmes conforming to planned priorities; consider all
other matters connected with the effective functioning of these Research
Associations.
AUTONOMOUS BODIES 1) Central Wool Development Board The Board has been constituted under the Chairmanship of the Secretary(Textiles) with a view to promote the growth and overall development of the wool and woollen industry. The Executive Director is the Chief Executive of the Board. The development schemes are implemented through the State Governments concerned. Facilities for testing are also provided. The Board has its headquarters at Jodhpur. The Board has been re-constituted vide resolution dated 25.6.99. Its present life is upto 31st March, 2001. It has 29 members. 2) National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) was registered as an Autonomous Society in 1986. It is a Government funded institution under the Ministry of Textiles with Secretary (Textiles) as Chairman of the Board of Governors (BOG). Besides the Chairman, there are 17 members on the Board of NIFT, including the Director General, NIFT who is Chief Executive Officer of the organisation. The present Board of NIFT was constituted on 8.9.98 for a term of 3 years. NIFT was established in collaboration with the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), New York. The genesis of NIFT was in the idea of an apex institution to cater to the growing needs of India’s evolving fashion industry. Over the years, NIFT has emerged as a premier training institute in India nurturing and creating bright generation of professionals in different areas of fashion technology, meeting the human resource requirements of this vital industry. Its high level of interaction and collaboration with the leading fashion institutions all over the world has enhanced the stature and scope for the fashion industry in India to meet the challenges of the industrial competitiveness on a global place. Beginning from July, 1995, NIFT has set up six other Centres under its umbrella, located at Bangalore, Calcutta, Chennai, Gandhinagar, Hyderabad and Mumbai. These Centres have a Director Incharge who is assisted by a Registrar and a nucleus staff. Director General being responsible for the overall coordination and monitoring of the activities of these Centres, which are under the common management of BOG. The State Level Management Committee (SLMC) of each Centre, consisting of representatives from the Government, Industry and having the Chief Secretary as its Chairman, acts as a link between the Industry, NIFT and Central Government. The Registrar of the Centre is the designated Member-Secretary of the SLMC. 3) National Centre for Jute Diversification National Centre for
Jute Diversification (NCJD) was registered in January, 1992 under the Societies
Registration Act, 1860 and established in June, 1994 under the Chairmanship
of Secretary (Textiles) in order to give focused attention to the diversification
efforts in the jute sector. NCJD is required to consolidate R&D results
of various institutes in jute and textiles and transmit these to the entrepreneurs
for commercial products. It coordinates with various agencies and helps
the entrepreneurs in arranging technical, financial and infrastructural
support to encourage them to take up production and marketing of jute diversified
products. The Council of Governors of NCJD has been reconstituted with
effect from 24th September, 1998 for a period of two years. It consists
of 25 members, drawn from various sectors like Jute Entrepreneurs, Banking,
International Institutions and the Government.
STATUTORY BODIES 1) Jute Manufactures Development Council The Jute Manufactures Development Council (JMDC) was constituted as a statutory body under the Chairmanship of Secretary (Textiles) with effect from 1.5.84 with the objective of increasing efficiency and productivity in the jute industry, the financing of activities for such development and for matters connected therewith. JMDC has been delegated all functions relating to export promotion in jute sector and performs other such activities in the domestic market of Jute Sector as are performed by a commodity board. The activities of the council are funded from the grants made available by the Central Government from the proceeds of cess levied on the production of jute under the Jute Manufactures Cess Act 1983. 2) Central Silk Board The Central Silk Board was constituted with the objective of promoting the growth and development of sericulture in the country. The programmes for development of the sericulture and silk textile industry are primarily formulated and implemented by the State Sericulture/ Textile Departments. However, the Central Silk Board supplements the efforts of the States by providing necessary support for research and development and extension of training through its countrywide network of centres. Besides, the Central Silk Board organises production and supply of quality silkworm seeds, mulberry cuttings etc., it also undertakes directly as well as jointly with the State Sericulture Departments, the implementation of various sericulture projects. 3) TextileS Committee The Textiles Committee,
established under the Textiles Committee Act, 1963, has the primary objective
of ensuring quality of textiles both for internal marketing and exports.
Its functions include promotion of textiles and textile exports, research
in the technical and economic fields, establishing standards for textiles
and textile machinery, setting up of laboratories, data collection etc.
The Textiles Committee besides its headquarters at Mumbai, has 29 Regional
Offices. It has set up laboratories at 15 important centres to assist the
industry and trade in testing their products. The Committee has the following
functional divisions at its headquarters at Mumbai :
4) Commissioner of Payments This Ministry has
under it the Office of Commissioner of Payments with Headquarters at Delhi.
The Commissioner of Payments is a statutory authority appointed under Section
17(1) of the Sick Textile Undertakings (Nationalisation) Act 1974, Section
15(1) of the Swadeshi Cotton Mills Company Ltd. (Acquisition and Transfer
of Undertakings) Act 1986 and also under Section 17(1) of the Textile Undertakings
(Nationalisation) Act, 1995. The Commissioner of Payments disburses the
amount placed at his disposal to the owners of each Textile Undertaking
nationalised by the aforesaid three Acts.
PUBLIC GRIEVANCE REDRESSAL MACHINERY IN THE MINISTRY As part of implementation of point 20 (responsive administration) of the Twenty Point Programme, the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances has been issuing instructions and guidelines to establish, activate and strengthen the Public Grievance Redressal Machinery (PGRM) in the Ministries, departments and other organisations of the Government of India. In pursuance of these instructions/ guidelines, Ministry of Textiles has established the Public/Staff Grievance Redressal Machinery to monitor the redressal of public grievances. Ms. Kiran Dhingra, Joint Secretary has been nominated as Director (Public Grievances) and Shri Chander Bhan, Deputy Secretary as Staff Grievance Officer. Secretariat assistance is being provided by O&M Section of the Ministry. Similar machinery is functioning in each of the attached/subordinate offices of the Ministry of Textiles. To monitor the functioning of PGRM in the Ministry of Textiles as well as its attached and subordinate organisations, a Grievance Committee under the Chairpersonship of Ms. Kiran Dhingra, Joint Secretary and Director (Public Grievances) has been formed. Whenever necessary, the files relating to pending grievances are called for and cases are settled by the Committee in its meetings. To activate and strengthen the PGRM of the Ministry, the following actions have been taken:- 1) Time norms for disposal of the grievance cases has been fixed as under:- i) Acknowledgement to the complainant 7 days2) Publicity about the PGRM has been given in the news media. 3) The Citizens’ Charter in respect of the Ministry has been formulated. 4) Details about PGRM have been placed on the Website of the Ministry. The Website address is texmin.nic.in/ 5) A facilitation counter has been established at Gate No 3 of the building i.e. Udyog Bhawan, New Delhi to make information readily available to the customers/consumers and if required, arrange their interaction with the concerned authorities in the Ministry to answer their queries. 6) A complaint box has been kept at the facilitation counter in which customers/ consumers can drop their complaints, if any. Status of Grievance cases:- Total No of cases
Disposed
Pending
70
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List of Officers handling public/staff grievances in the Ministry of Textiles and its Attached/ Subordinate offices. S.No. Offices Public/Staff grievances Officer 1.
Ministry of Textiles
Ms. Kiran Dhingra, Joint Secretary / Director (PG),Udyog Bhawan,
Sh. Chander Bhan, Deputy Secretary / Staff Grievance Officer,
2.
Development
Shri Alok K. Verma Addl.DC(HC) / Director (PG),
Shri Subhash Chander, Dy. Director /Staff Grievance Officer,
3.
Development
Shri C.K. Mishra, Addl. Dev. Commissioner/Public Grievance
Shri Amarjit Banga, Jt. Dev. Comm./Staff Grievance Officer,
4.
Textile
Shri N M Mugadur, Director (Admn. & Vig) Public Grievance
Shri R.B. Patel, Dy. Director (Admn), Staff Grievance Officer,
5.
Jute Commissioner
Sh. S.K. Barman, Dy. Director/Public Grievance Officer,
CELEBRATION OF GOLDEN JUBILEE YEAR OF THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE As per the directives of the Department of Official Language, on completion of fiftieth year of the Official Language Policy of the Union of India, it has been decided to celebrate the Golden Jubilee Year of the Official Language in the Ministry of Textiles and in all other subordinate & attached offices, undertakings, boards, etc. under its administrative control with effect from 14.9.1999 to 13.9.2000. In this context, Minister and the Secretary (Textiles) issued appeals to all organisations to celebrate the Centenary Year by organising special events. In the Ministry of Textiles and its offices, month wise programmes have been prepared and the staff members are being involved in various Hindi Competitions on subjects such as essay writing, noting and drafting, debates, objective test, story writing, poetry recital etc. Besides, Hindi workshops are also being organised wherein guest lecturers from the literary circle and experts of the Official Language Policy are being invited to deliver useful and meaningful lecturers on various topics pertaining to the scope and progressive use of Hindi language in day-to-day official work. To enrich the Hindi vocabulary of the staff members, blackboards have been provided to all the Sections of the Ministry whereon staff members write one or two Hindi words with their English equivalents. Similarly two big blackboards have also been installed on strategic points to familiarise the staff with the Hindi vocabulary. Special issues of the House Journals of various organisations of the Ministry, namely, "Shilp Sancharika" by D.C. (Handicrafts), New Delhi, "Rajbhasha Surabhi" by NHDC, Lucknow, "Prerana" by N.T.C.(D.P.R.), New Delhi, "Resham Vani " by Central Silk Board, Bangalore, "Vastra Paridhan" by Textile Commissioner, Mumbai, "Priya Darshini" by Textiles Committee, Mumbai, "Rajbhasha Rashmi" by Cotton Corporation of India, Mumbai etc. have been brought out to mark the occasion .
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