Ministry of Textiles

Office of the Development Commissioner for Handlooms

About Us

Office of the Development Commissioner for Handlooms was set up as an attached non-participating office on 20^th November, 1975 under the Ministry of Commerce . At present it is functioning under the Ministry of Textiles. The Office of the Development Commissioner for Handlooms is headed by an Officer of Joint Secretary level having its Headquarters at Udyog Bhawan, New Delhi.

1. 25 Weavers’ Service Centres in 20 States are functioning under the administrative control of Office of the Development Commissioner for Handlooms as Field Units to look after the needs of the handloom weavers like their skill up gradation, design development etc. Five Indian Institutes of Handloom Technology situated in five States are functioning to conduct Diploma in Handloom Technology and Post Diploma in Textile Chemistry to cater to the needs of Textile Sector.

2. Further, Office of Development Commissioner for Handlooms has one Enforcement Office under it, with its regional offices at Chennai and Ahmedabad to protect handloom sector from the clutches of the powerloom sector through the implementation of Handlooms ( Reservation of articles for production) Act, 1985.

3. The Office of the National Handloom Development Corporation, Lucknow is functioning under the Chairmanship of DC(HL) basically to provide input support through procurement and distribution of yarn, Dyes, Chemicals and marketing of handloom fabrics.

Address:

                  Shri R N Choubey, IAS
                   Room No. 56
                   O/o DC(Handlooms)
                   Ministry of Textiles
                    Udyog Bhawan
                    New Delhi - 110011
                    India.

                         Phone:     +91-11-23062945, 23063684
                         Fax:          +91-11-23062429
                         Email:       dchl@.nic.in
                         Web Site: http://handlooms.nic.in

Work Allocation

Name	Shri R. N. Choubey, IAS	Work Allocation
Designation	Development Commissioner for Handlooms	Office of the Development Commissioner for Handlooms (including Weavers Service Centres(WSCs) / Indian Institutes of Handloom Technology(IIHT), National Handicrafts & Handloom Museum(NHHM), Office of Chief Enforcemnt Officer(CEO), National Handloom Development Corporation (NHDC), Association of Cooperative and Apex Society of Handlooms (ACASH).
Address	Room No. 56. Udyog Bhawan, New Delhi-110107
Telephone	23062945, 23063684
Email-id	dchl@nic.in

Name	Shri Sohan Kumar Jha, IOFS	Work Allocation
Designation	Additional Development Commissioner for Handlooms	Establishment –I & Vigilance, Establishment-II (Weavers Service Centres/Indian Institute of Handloom Technology), Association of Cooperative and Apex Society of Handlooms(ACASH). All work related to Integrated Handlooms Development Scheme (IHDS) in the allotted States of Bihar, Delhi, Gujarat, Jammu & Kashmir, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Uttarakhand & Uttar Pradesh.
Address	Room No. 55, Udyog Bhawan, New Delhi-110107
Telephone	23062238.
Email-id	sk.jha@nic.in

Name	Smt. Meenu S. Kumar (IC & CES:89)	Work Allocation
Designation	Chief Enforcement Officer.	Chief Enforcement Officer & Work relating to Handlooms Reservation Act, Handlooms Weavers Comprehensive Welfare Scheme(Health Insurance and MGBBY), work relating to Handloom Mark, Coordination and All work related to Integrated Handlooms Development Scheme (IHDS) in the allotted States of West Bengal, Karnataka, M.P, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Tripura and Mizoram.
Address	Room No. 55-B. Udyog Bhawan, New Delhi-110107
Telephone	23061976(off) 23063866(Fax)
Email-id	meenu.sk@nic.in

Name	Shri Dinesh Singh, IOFS	Work Allocation
Designation	Additional Development Commissioner for Handlooms	Mill Gate Price Scheme & National Handloom Development Corporation Ltd., Marketing & Export Promotion Scheme (excluding Handlooms Marketing Complex Janpath and Handlooms Mark), Export Promotion Scheme and matters relating to coordination with Handloom Export Promotion Council, National Centre for Textiles Design, Research & Development, Policy & Statistics Section, Parliament Section, National Handicrafts & Handloom Museum(NHHM) and All work related to Integrated Handlooms Development Scheme in the allotted States of Andhra Pradesh, Pondicherry, Maharashtra, Andaman & Nicobar Island, Lakshadweep, Goa, Chhattisgarh & Assam
Address	Room No. 57, Udyog Bhawan, New Delhi-110107
Telephone	23062402
Email-id	singh.dinesh@nic.in

Name	Dr. Md. Nazmuddin, IES	Work Allocation
Designation	Additional Development Commissioner for Handlooms	Diversified Handlooms Development Scheme, Budget & Accounts, General Administration and R&I Section, Computerisation, Hindi Section, Financial Package and matter relating to credit flow, Marketing Complex, Janpath, All work related to Integrated Handlooms Development Scheme (IHDS) in the allotted States of Kerala, Manipur, Jharkhand, Orissa, Dadar & Nagar Haveli, Damn & Diu, Haryana, Punjab, Chandigarh
Address	Room No. 57, Udyog Bhawan, New Delhi-110107
Telephone	23061865
Email-id	mdn@nic.in

Name	Shri Manoj Jain	Work Allocation
Designation	Deputy Director	Integrated Handlooms Scheme (IHDS)-Policy issues, All technical matters relating to (Weavers Service Centres/Indian Institute of Handloom Technology), including ISO, CAD etc., All work related to Integrated Handlooms Development Scheme (IHDS) in the allotted States of Tamil Nadu, Sikkim & Arunachal Pradesh, All cases of Marketing Incentive (MI)/Rebate, Work relating to TUFS.
Address	Room No. 57 A, Udyog Bhawan, New Delhi-110107
Telephone	23061643
Email-id	jain-manoj@nic.in

Name	Smt. Priti Kumar	Work Allocation
Designation	Deputy Development Commissioner for Handlooms.	Coordination Section, Establishment- II Section (Matters relating to Weavers Service Centres/Indian Institute of Handloom Technology), National Handicrafts & Handloom Museum(NHHM)
Address	Room No. 57-B, Udyog Bhawan, New Delhi-110107
Telephone	23063475
Email-id	priti.kumar@nic.in

Name	Shri Sandeep Khurana	Work Allocation
Designation	Scientist - D (Principal Systems Analyst)	NIC
Address	Room No. 54-B, Udyog Bhawan, New Delhi-110107
Telephone	23063320 / Ext. 120
Email-id	sandeep.khurana@nic.in

STAFF WORKING IN PROJECT-I SECTION
And
WORK ALLOCATED TO THEM

Shri N P. Sharma, Assistant Director - Officer In-charge of the Section

Shri S.P.Bhatt, U.D.C.

All Correspondences relating to Health Insurance Scheme & Mahatma Gandhi Bunkar Bima Yojana.

VIP references, Parliament Questions, PMO references, RTI information, maintenance of record etc. concerning to the allocated subject.

Shri Bikram Singh, U.D.C.

All Correspondence relating to Integrated Handloom Cluster Development Scheme (of Allocated Seven States).

VIP references, Parliament Questions, PMO references, RTI information, maintenance of record etc. concerning to the allocated subject and Hindi related matter.

Shri Kishor, Steno

Typing work

Miss Bharti, Typist (contract basis)

Diary, Despatch etc.

Shri Kishori Lal, Peon

PROJECT-II/M&E SECTION:

Work Allocation
Work relating to Marketing Incentive Component of Integrated Handloom Development Scheme (IHDS). Work relating to Strengthening of Handloom Organizations Component of IHDS scheme. Formulation of new Scheme for Upgradation of Domestic Handloom Units into Minimum Economic Size (MES) Commercial Handloom Units in North Eastern Region. Looking after all the financial and administrative matters in respect of following discontinued schemes: Deen Dayal Hathkargha Protsahan Yojana (DDHPY). Handloom Development Centres (HDCs) and Quality Dyeing Units (QDU). Project Package Scheme (PPS). Integrated Handloom Village Development Scheme. One Time 10% Rebate Scheme RTI cases VIP References. PMO references Reference received from the Office of the President and Vice President. Parliament Question All the Misc. work as entrusted by the Senior Officers and Court cases related with the above schemes.
Staff Strength of Project-II and M&E Section
S.No.	Name	Desgination	Powers/Duties
1.	Shri H.R. Kashyap Tele: 011-23062437	Assistant Director	Distribution of work among the staff. Marking of dak among the staff. To submit receipts, which should be seen by the Branch Officer or higher officer at the dak stage? To keep note of important receipts with a view to watching the progress of action. Dealing with important and complicated cases. Examination of the cases put up by Dealing Assistant/Hand and their submission to the Competent Authority. To ensure timely submission of various report and returns. To approve the recording of files before destruction. To review the recorded files before destruction. Ensuring proper maintenance of register required to be maintained in the Section. Ensuring strict compliance with Departmental Security Instructions.
2.	Shri Raghunath Singh	Assistant	He works under the orders and supervision of the Assistant Director and is fully responsible for the work entrusted to him. Where the line of action on a case is clear instructions have been given by the Branch Officer or higher officers on receipt/PUC, he should put up draft without much noting. He is mainly looking after the work relating to the Marketing Incentive Component of Integrated Handloom Development Scheme (IHDS) and other Misc matters relating to RTI, PMO references, VIP references, Parliament Questions etc. and accordingly he will process the proposal(s) keeping in view the following criteria as per the norms of the scheme:
			i).	Through check up all the claim(s) documents submitted by the State Governments and ensured before processing the case that the State Government has submitted requisite documents as per the norms of the scheme.
			ii).	Making proper reference related with the proposal(s).
			iii).	Timely submission of RTI,VIP, PMO references.
			iv)	Timely submission of data to the Coordination Section and Cluster Section for compilation.
			V.	He is responsible to look after all the work in the absence of the Section In- charge (Assistant Director).
3.	Shri R.S. Dalal	Assistant	He works under the orders and supervision of the Assistant Director and is responsible for all the work entrusted to him. He is looking after the work relating to the VIP references, PMO references, RTI cases, Updating UCs, maintaining date in respect of following discontinuing schemes: Deen Dayal Hathkargha Protsahan Yojana. Project Package scheme. Integrated Handloom Village Development Scheme Handloom Development Centers (HDCs)/Quality Dyeing Units (QDU). He is also responsible- to draw attention, where necessary, to precedents or Rules and Regulations on the schemes. To put up a Guard file, if necessary, and supply other relevant facts and figures; To bring out clearly the question under consideration and suggest a course of action wherever possible.
4.	Shri K.K. Sharma	Upper Division Clerk.	He works under the orders and supervision of the Assistant Director and is responsible for the work entrusted to him. He is mainly looking after the work relating to- One time 10% Rebate Scheme. Maintaining data in respect of on going scheme and also other schemes which were implemented in past in the Section. All the VIP/PMO references, Parliament Questions and other Misc. matters. To collect on-line information. To help the Section Incharge for processing of typical cases.
5.	Shri Ajay Kumar	Lower Division Clerk	Entrusted with work of routine nature i.e. registration of Dak, maintenance of Section Diary, File Register, File Movement Register, Indexing and Recording, typing, comparing, dispatch, preparation of arrears and other statements, supervision of reference books and submission of routine and simple drafts etc.