ANNUAL REPORT 2000-2001--FUNCTIONS AND ORGANISATIONAL SET-UP

INTRODUCTION

The Ministry of Textiles is responsible for policy formulation, planning, development export promotion and trade regulation in respect of the textile sector. This included all natural and manmade cellulosic fibres that go into the making of textiles, clothing and handicrafts.

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 handlooms 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:-
Textile Policy & Coordination
Man-made Fibre/ Filament Yarn Industry
Cotton Textile Industry
Jute Industry
Silk and Silk Textile Industry
Wool & Woollen Industry
Decentralised Powerloom Sector
Export Promotion
Planning & Economic Analysis
Integrated Finance Matters
Information Technology

ATTACHED AND SUBORDINATE OFFICES
1. Attached Offices :
a. Office of the Development Commissioner for Handlooms
This office is headed by the Development Commissioner for Handlooms. It administers 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 include Weavers’ Service Centres, Indian Institutes 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 The 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.

LIST OF ORGANISATIONS/BODIES UNDER THE MINISTRY OF TEXTILES (EXCEPT ATTACHED/SUBORDINATE OFFICES)

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2. Subordinate Offices
a)Office of the Textile Commissioner
The office of the 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 advisor 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 in 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 the 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 Governments, 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 TRAs
In order to coordinate the activities of all the Textile Research Associations in the textile sector with a view to promoting 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 research associations; 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 plan 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 promoting 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 the Chief Executive Officer of the organization. The present Board of NIFT was constituted on 8.9.1998 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 ideas of an apex institution to cater to the growing needs of Indias evolving fashion industry. Over the years, NIFT has emerged as the premier training institute in India nurturing and creating a generation of bright 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 of 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 basis.

Beginning from July, 1995, NIFT has set up under its umbrella six other Centres 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, they 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 Central Government. The Registrar of the Center 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, 2000 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 activity for such development and for matters connected therewith. JMDC has been delegated all functions relating to export promotion in jute sector and to perform other activities on 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 on the production of jute levied 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. and also undertakes directly as well as jointly with the State Sericulture Departments, the implementation of various sericulture projects.

3.Textile 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 headquarters, Mumbai (1) Textiles Inspectorate Wing (2) Textiles Laboratory Wing (3) Market Research Wing (4) ISO Wing (5) Vigilance Cell (6) Accounts Wing, and (7) Administration and Co-ordination.

4.Commissioner of Payments
This Ministry has under it the Office of Commissioner of Payments with Headquarters at Delhi. The Commissioner of Payment 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.

List of Officers handling public/staff grievances in the Ministry of Textiles and its Attached/ Subordinate offices

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To monitor the functioning of PGRM, in Ministry of Textiles as well as its organisations, a Grievance Committee to monitor redress of public/staff grievances functions. Whenever necessary, the files relating to pending grievances are called for and cases are settled by the Committee at its meetings.

To activate and strengthen the PGRM of the Ministry following actions have been taken:-
1.Time norms for disposal of the grievance cases have been fixed as under:-

i)	Acknowledgement to the complainant	7 days
ii)	Final Disposal	2 months