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Related Keywords: bank, fix sub target, handloom sector, handloom weaver, lending, Textile Ministry, weavers' credit cards

The Textiles Ministry, Santosh Gangwar to urge its Finance counterpart to fix a sub-target for the handloom sector under priority sector lending as banks not keen to sanction loans for the handloom sector.

Ministry of Textiles has been regularly pursuing the matter with Ministry of Finance and banks to extend loans to handloom weavers and their organisation as a regular agenda of state-level bankers' committee.

Related Keywords: equipments, handloom weaver, Kottala, Liya Abhiman Handloom Textile Training Centre, Meerigama, modernized looms, skill up-grading, SriLankan traditional handloom sector, technological assistance, training courses

The Liya Abhiman Handloom Textile Training Centre to play a vital role in revival of the handloom sector in Sri Lanka. Mrs. Pushpa Rajapaksa Chairperson of the Liya Abhiman Organization made an inspection visit to Meerigama - Kottala Liya Abhiman Handloom Textile Training Center recently.
 
The Kottala Hand loom Textile Training Center development project was implemented with concept of Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa and under the guidance of Mrs. Pushpa Rajapaksa, Chairperson of Liya Abhiman organization.
 

Related Keywords: handloom weaver, Indian handloom sector, multiple scheme, Texile ministry

India as a whole country has around 43.32 lakh handloom weavers and allied workers and more than 40 % of weavers are women. To improve the living standard of handloom weavers and sustainable development of handloom sector, the ministry of textile has multiple schemes and programmes.
 

Related Keywords: Andhra Pradesh handloom industry, handloom weaver, powerloom sector, texile industry, two mega handloom clusters

Andhra Pradesh is one of the important states for the handloom industry to set up two mega handloom clusters each at Mangalagiri and Chirala in the state of Andhra Pradesh with an investment of Rs.1 billion to promote handloom sector and thereby help improve the livelihood of 2,00, 310 handloom weavers in cooperative fold and 1,58,902 other weavers, who have been constantly facing many problems.
 

Related Keywords: dhotis, free distribution scheme, handloom weaver, polycot, polyester mix cotton, powerloom weaver, saris, TN government

The Tamil Nadu government has decided to continue with free saris and dhotis distribution scheme during the 2015 Pongal season. This scheme was started in 1982 by chief minister M G Ramachandran, after a failure of the north-east monsoon, to help the landless labourers. The scheme was upgraded in 2003 with the inclusion of polyster mix with cotton.