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To make powerloom owners and workers aware of Union ministry of textiles’ PowerTex schemes, a seminar was organized by textile commissioner’s regional office at Surana Palace on Friday.

Power minister Paras Jain was the chief guest and MLA Mohan Yadav special guest. Guests urged beneficiaries to reap utmost advantage of schemes to develop their business.

Key speakers at the seminar included textile committee Indore’s assistant director CS Singh and officer in-charge Pranav Parashar.

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Cotton price that stood at Rs 52,000 a bale (172 kg) some months back has started declining slowly which is now available at Rs 46,000 to Rs 48,000 a bale. A steep decline in yarn prices is affecting the powerloom sector. About 2,000 of the about 10,000 power looms in Erode and surrounding areas closed down in the last three days, with the danger of many more following suit, according to a senior official of Erode Powerloom Owners Association.

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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.