Amazon tied up with Telangana Govt

Hyderabad, Aug 08: The e-commerce giant Amazon has come forward to help handloom workers and garment manufacturers. Amazon India has signed a MoU with the Telangana government to sell handloom products through online. Amazon India has entered into a contract with the 'Woven 2017' hosted by the Telangana government on the occasion of the National Handloom Clothing Day.

As part of the partnership, Amazon India will educate, train and enable weavers and artisans to directly sell their products to Amazon customers across the country. With over 17000 handlooms in the state, this association will further help elevate popular handloom products from clusters such as Pochampally, Warangal, Gadwal, Narayanpet and Siddipet which have a tremendous potential and demand in urban areas.

Amazon India through this association with the weavers and artisans in Telangana will help them boost their business by training them to list and sell their products online on the market place.

Additionally, Amazon India and the Department will collaborate to conduct various training programs including computer and internet training sessions and registration assistance programs.

Amazon India will not only provide an online market place for marketing but will also engage with weavers and artisans across the state to train them on making the products more attractive, appealing and marketable across the online domain.

Amazon has been informed by Tweet.." @AmazonIn ties up with govt. of Telangana to help weavers & artisans take their business online on #NationalHandloomDay @TelanganaCMO ".

Minister KTR also retweeted in response to Amazon India Tweet. "Thanks Amazon for this initiative. I hope this partnership will help Handlooms capture the imagination of international market #WearHandloom," he said on Twitter.