Telangana Govt :New Welfare scheme for weavers

Hyderabad Nov 14: In a move to improve the livelihood of weavers in the Telangana state the government is all set to launch a new welfare scheme.

Telangana Handloom and Textiles Minister KT Rama Rao on Monday has shared the details of the scheme and said that this would benefit 35,000 weavers in the state.

The Minister has added that "weavers and their cooperative societies are currently receiving a subsidy of 20 percent on the purchase of cotton, wool, and silk yarns as well as dyes and other related chemicals. We have decided to increase subsidy rate from 20 per cent to 40 per cent. Additionally, beneficiaries can avail 10 percent subsidy being provided by the Central government".



"The State government's decision would benefit weavers to a large extent in improving their income levels.Weavers and other individual workers would get 35 percent additional revenue, weavers cooperative societies can get an additional five percent revenue. The State government allocated Rs 100 crore for the programme." he added