Saturday, 4 April 2020

Mask production initiated in wake of COVID-19 Pandemic under NRLM

More than 132 lakh Face Masks produced by members of SHGs

In response to COVID-19, face mask production has been initiated by Self Help Groups (SHGs) members in 24 States covering 399 Districts of the country under the Ministry of Rural Development’s National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM).

21,028 members of 4281 SHGs in 5 districts of Andhra Pradesh and 10,780 members of 1927 SHGs in 32 districts of Tamil Nadu produced 25,41,440 and 26,01,735 masks respectively in 10 days. Members of SHGs of various states like Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and many North Eastern states are also involved in producing masks. Total 65,936 SHG members from 14,522 SHGs are involved and together they have manufactured 132 lakh masks.


Details of States with Mask Production is as follows :-


No
State
Date when activity started
No of Districts
No of SHGs
No. of SHG members
Total Masks produced (nos)
Date of last reporting
1
Andhra Pradesh
25-Mar
 5
 4,281
21,028
25,41,440
03-Apr
2
Bihar
22-Mar
34
 271
 1,084
3,49,517
03-Apr
3
Chhattisgarh
26-Mar
24
932
2,674
5,49,712
02-Apr
4
Gujarat
23-Mar
33
367
1,470
10,49,319
03-Apr
5
Haryana
13-Mar
6
48
234
1,46,800
02-Apr
6
Himachal Pradesh
25-Mar 
8
150
370
1,00,000
02-Apr
7
Jharkhand
22-Mar
21
131
394
3,00,215
03-Apr
8
Karnataka
23-Mar
12
139
581
1,56,155
03-Apr
9
Kerala
15-Mar
14
306
1,570
15,77,770
03-Apr
10
Madhya Pradesh
19-Mar
52
1,511
4,652
10,04,419
31-Mar
11
Maharashtra
24-Mar
25
602
2,558
3,62,332
03-Apr
12
Mizoram
27-Mar
1
1
1
100
03-Apr
13
Nagaland
28-Mar
5
48
475
6819
03-Apr
14
Odisha 
20-Mar
12
202
1,388
2,78,076
01-Apr
15
Puducherry
17-Mar
2
143
303
1,20,380
03-Apr
16
Punjab
21-Mar
15
575
2,536
2,43,268
03-Apr
17
Rajasthan
27-Mar
6
1,206
6297
92,890
03-Apr
18
Sikkim
31-Mar
1
25
250
10,000
03-Apr
19
Tamil Nadu
26-Mar
32
1,927
10,780
26,01,735
04-Apr
20
Telangana
18-Mar
11
248
2,480
5,80,000
02-Apr
21
Tripura
30-Mar
4
45
173
4,650
03-Apr
22
Uttar Pradesh
28-Mar
49
968
2,027
3,64,894
03-Apr
23
Uttarakhand
26-Mar
10
112
421
4,74,490
03-Apr
24
West Bengal
20-Mar
17
284
2,190
2,91,794
03-Apr



399
14,522
65,936
1,32,06,775


Courtesy: pib.gov.in

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