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Related Keywords: expo-cum-sale, handloom, machinery, powerloom, quality, silk weavers, special ‘aadi’, Tamil Nadu state, Weavers, weavers cooperative societies

The Tamil Nadu state has nearly 2.69 lakh weavers, the government keen on welfare of weavers has planned to provide machineries to improve the proficiency of weavers and raise the quality of their products.
 
State minister for handloom and textiles S Gokula Indira on Tuesday after inaugurating the special ‘aadi’ in Madurai said that this year the government is keen on distributing 25,000 pirn winding machines and 2,500 pneumatic lifting machines to weavers. The machines would go a long way in improving the working conditions of the weavers.

Related Keywords: handicraft, handloom, National Heritage City Development and Augmentation Yojana, six textile mega-clusters, Textile Industry, Trade Facilitation Centre and a Crafts Museum

This budget, handloom industry gets a major push and the most important point was that it has identified handloom as handicrafts. In the past, it was recognized as a mass production tool and all policies were getting disturbed.
 
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s announcement of setting up six textile mega-clusters, including one in Tamil Nadu, with a keen focus on reviving handloom will provide a the much-needed fillip to the industry.
 

Related Keywords: handloom, international market, MSME product, subsidy, Textile

The government to boost its MSME (micro, small and medium enterprises) products in international markets has decided to give upto 50 percent subsidy to exporters on total freight charges paid on good shipped through ports outside the State.

According to the draft export policy, the exporter will get reimbursement upto 50 per cent on the total cost of transportation subject to a ceiling of Rs.50, 000 on goods shipped outside State port, provided ports within the State do not have facilities for handling such cargo.

Related Keywords: All India Handloom Technology Institute, handloom, Machilipatnam, Union Minister for Textiles

Union Minister for Textiles Kavuri Sambasiva Rao announced that the state government has decided to set up a All India Handloom Technology Institute with a project cost of Rs 35 crore, in Krishna district headquarters of Machilipatnam.

The announcement came in last night, after inaugurating a training programme of Jamdani saree weaving under integrated skill development scheme in Kappaladoddi village of Guduru Mandal in Krishna district by Rao. All India Handicrafts Commissioner S Gupta and Krishna District Collector M Raghunandana Rao were also present on the occasion.

Related Keywords: handloom, India, Khadi

The Centre is taking steps to develop the sick khadi and handloom sectors by allocating Rs 19,000 crore and providing training to workers in these sectors, Union Minister for Textiles, Kavuri Sambasiva Rao said today.  
 
Focusing on manufacturing quality textile products should be what the workers do to make the National Textile Corporation Units successful and profitable, he said while inaugurating two spinning mills, set up at a cost of Rs 55 crore and Rs 66 crore respectively by NTC at Kalayarkoil and Kamuthakudi near here.