Excelsior Correspondent
UDHAMPUR, May 25: Minister for Industries and Commerce, Chander Parkash inaugurated a Handloom Cluster Development Project in presence of Minister of State for Finance and Information Technology, Pawan Kumar Gupta and MLA Chenani Dina Nath Bhagat at Panchayat Ghar, Chenani, here today.
The project has been taken up under the comprehensive Handloom Development Scheme of National Handloom Development Programme, Union Ministry of Textiles.
Minster for Industries & Commerce informed that this is first such project for J&K, sanctioned by the, Ministry of Textiles to empower handloom weavers and build their capacity to enhance competitiveness of their products in the domestic and international market .He said that the project will facilitate collectivization of handloom weavers and provide assistance for procurement, production, marketing and other support activities to promote sustainable growth and diversification.
He also distributed cheques of an amount of Rs. 8,000 each among ten beneficiaries for setting up looms to revive their traditional livelihood sources.
The Minister said that the Government is committed to uplift the economic condition of the people related to handloom industry. He directed the concerned departments to organize more and more awareness camps in rural areas in order to aware the people about various welfare schemes so that they avail maximum benefits from these schemes.
Minister of State for Finance, stressed upon the people to come forward and avail maximum benefits from the Centrally Sponsored Schemes and raise their economic standard.
Among others, Excise Commissioner, Tsering Angchok, Director Industries, Dr. Abdul Rashid, Director Handloom, Rajesh Sharma, Deputy Director Handloom, Namrta Dogra, SDM Chenani, D.K. Sharma, Assistant Director Handloom, Udhampur, Dr. Kusum Chib, AD Handicraft, Vishavjeet, Sarpanches, panches, prominent citizens and a large numbers of local people of the area were also present on the occasion.
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