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Tourism Minister R. Rajendran and Handlooms and Textiles Minister R. Gandhi laid the instauration chromatic for a mini handloom parkland astatine Vanavasi connected Friday.
The Ministers besides distributed payment assistance worthy ₹37.61 lakh to 86 handloom weavers successful the function.
Speaking astatine the function, Mr. Rajendran said that the Chief Minister is implementing assorted schemes, particularly for the payment of weavers. The authorities has been protecting the payment of weavers by announcing the Integrated Textile Park and mini handloom parkland successful Salem.
In the past 4 years, Tamil Nadu has achieved the grounds of being the archetypal successful the export of textile products. The authorities accrued the escaped energy for handlooms from 200 units to 300 units and the escaped energy for powerfulness looms from 750 units to 1,000 units. Further, the weaving wage for powerfulness loom dhoti and saree has been accrued by ₹75.95 for saree and ₹64.38 for dhoti nether the escaped saree and dhoti organisation scheme. Likewise, ₹1.55 crore successful fiscal assistance for introducing caller varieties produced by cooperative societies and peculiar exhibitions to summation the income of handloom fabrics to amended the livelihood of handloom weavers has been implemented, Mr. Rajendran added.
Listing the schemes implemented by the State government, Mr. Gandhi said that the ceremonial assistance for weavers has been accrued from ₹2,000 to ₹5,000. For weavers nether the Kalaignar Kanavu Illam scheme, assistance has been accrued from ₹2.15 lakh to ₹4 lakh. In the fund connection for the twelvemonth 2023-2024, it was announced that mini handloom parks would beryllium acceptable up successful 10 places successful Tamil Nadu. Following this, the instauration chromatic of the parkland has been laid successful the Salem district, astatine an estimated outgo of ₹5 crore.
The parkland volition person a modern handloom weaving accumulation facility, a plan and grooming centre and an integrated manufacturing centre for handloom weavers. The parkland volition initially beryllium constructed with a capableness of operating 50 handlooms. This parkland volition supply nonstop and indirect employment to 150 people. Steps person been taken to supply a regular wage of ₹800 to ₹1,500 astatine this park. This volition amended the livelihood of the handloom weavers, Mr. Gandhi added.
Handlooms Department Director Maheswari Ravikumar, MPs S.R. Sivalingam and T.M. Selvaganapathi, and officials participated successful the function.
