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Related Keywords: abstain from producting notified items, barrack blankets, bedcover, bedsheet, chaddar and mekhala, dhoti, District administration of Tamil Nadu, dress material, gamcha and angvastram, jamakkalam durry, kambal or kamblies, lungi, muffler, pankhi, powerloom owners, sari, shawl, support livelihood of handloom weaver, Towel, wollen tweed

The district administration of Tamil Nadu to support the livelihood of the handloom weaver has urged power loom owners to abstain from producing notified items in the reserved list or face action.

Collector V. Dakshinamoorthy said that the Central Government had enforced the Handlooms (Reservation of Articles for Production) Act, 1985 and reserved 11 textile articles that must only be produced in handlooms.

Related Keywords: after reviewing the matter, dhoti, gamcha or towel, Handloom Act, in list of items, including saree, items, items reserved for production by handlooms, loi, muffler and barrack blanket, not make any change, phanek, referred matter to committee, Textile Ministry, under chairmanship of Development Commissioner (Handlooms), woollen tweed

Earlier, reports had emerged that the government was going to amend the provisions under the Act to give advantages to powerlooms. But after government jhaving received requests for review of items reserved for production by handlooms, it has decided not to make any change in the list of items reserved for production by handlooms.