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Economic thrust to weaver community
The government is planning to implement a three pronged strategy to improve the economic conditions of the weavers on a permanent basis.
Hyderabad: The government is planning to implement a three pronged strategy to improve the economic conditions of the weavers on a permanent basis. Stating this during the presentation of budget proposals, the Finance Minister Eatela Rajender said that the strategy consists of government purchasing handloom textiles, provision of subsidy on yarn and dyes and developing marketing facilities.
He said the government was taking necessary steps to modernise the power looms and to improve productivity. The government has succeeded in convincing the power loom owners to pay their workers at least Rs 15,000 per month as wages. The government has decided to procure cloth only from handloom societies and also proposed to extend financial support to handloom weavers to take up alternative livelihood avenues.
It has been proposed to develop a textile park at Warangal and an apparel park at Sircilla. An amount of Rs1,200 crore has been proposed towards assistance to weavers in the 2017-18 Budget. This is a significant jump as compared with the previous allocations, he said.
