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YSRCP MP wants PM to come up with schemes to help weavers
Drawing the attention of the House to the suicides of weavers in general and in Kurnool in particular, which has a population of two lakh weavers, YSRCP MP B Renuka, said here on Thursday that the basic reason for the suicides was poverty and denial of remunerative prices.
New Delhi: Drawing the attention of the House to the suicides of weavers in general and in Kurnool in particular, which has a population of two lakh weavers, YSRCP MP B Renuka, said here on Thursday that the basic reason for the suicides was poverty and denial of remunerative prices.
“There was a necessity to include handloom sector under MNREGA as members from the weaving community were turning into casual labour leaving their cherished profession,” she said. There was also a need to entrust marketing of handloom products to National Textile Corporation so that these products could be marketed throughout the country.
She urged the Government to introduce house-cum-work shed scheme for the handloom weavers. Further, they should be encouraged to use modern equipment; she added seeking the Prime Minister’s intervention in devising necessary schemes for the weavers.
