Agriculture Minister Tummala Nageswara Rao. (Photo: X)
Hyderabad: State agriculture and textiles minister Tummala Nageshwara Rao on Wednesday assured that the government was taking steps to ensure long-term benefits of handloom workers. He promised union leaders of handloom workers who met him seeking resolution of their problems.
In a release, the ministry informed that the union sought purchase of stocks available with the primary handloom cooperative societies. They sought display of clothes in the showrooms along with supply to different government offices.
Among their other demands were continuation of Netanna Bima, 25 paise interest scheme, subsidy on yarn and worker-to-owner
schemes along with clearance of pending transactions.
Responding to their requests, the minister assured them that all problems of power looms and hand looms will be addressed. He said orders worth Rs 250 crore has been received from different government departments. The purchases will be done as per a plan to ensure full time work for the workers.
"The workers faced problems as the previous government did not provide
funds for its 10 percent yarn subsidy scheme owing to which power loom workers had to face problems. Even then Rs 37.09 crore pending subsidy were released benefitting 5,375 workers and Rs 123.22 crore pending payments were also released. Rs 59 crore pending by the BRS government to primary handloom cooperative societies were also released by our government," the minister said.
( Source : Deccan Chronicle )
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