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Minister for Handlooms and Textiles, S. Savitha, announced connected Saturday that the State authorities was preparing to motorboat overseas showrooms for the Lepakshi handicrafts marque arsenic portion of a broader strategy to beforehand Andhra Pradesh’s handloom and handicrafts sectors globally.
Addressing a property league astatine the Secretariat, the Minister highlighted the conjugation government’s achievements implicit the past 2 years and outlined respective initiatives aimed astatine improving the livelihoods of weavers and artisans.
Ms. Savitha said the superior nonsubjective was to guarantee a dignified and financially unafraid beingness for handloom weavers and handicraft artisans. She announced that the “Nethanna Bharosa” payment strategy would beryllium launched soon and reaffirmed the government’s committedness to reviving the accepted handloom sector. A National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) field was projected connected 10 acres astatine Shakamuru successful Amaravati to enactment accomplishment improvement and innovation successful the textile industry, she said.
The Minister said the State’s Textiles, Apparel and Garments Policy 2024-29 aimed to pull investments worthy ₹10,000 crore and make employment for much than 2 lakh people. She noted that 5 textile-sector agreements signed during the CII Summit successful Visakhapatnam brought concern commitments of ₹4,700 crore, with onshore and infrastructure enactment already being provided for respective projects.
Highlighting payment measures, the Miniser said escaped energy was being provided to 50,565 handloom weavers’ families from April 1 this year. Under the scheme, handloom units person 200 escaped powerfulness units and powerfulness loom units person 500 units, benefiting thousands of weavers and reducing accumulation costs. She said the authorities was spending astir ₹150 crore annually connected this initiative.
Handloom clusters were established crossed the State to make sustainable employment, including a Mega Handloom Cluster astatine Dharmavaram and handloom parks successful Uppada and Mangalagiri. A Handloom and Handicrafts Museum was besides planned successful Amaravati.
The Andhra Pradesh State Handloom Weavers Cooperative Society (APCO) operations were being modernised done digitisation, and it had recorded income of ₹190 crore implicit the past 24 months and had opened caller showrooms successful Puttaparthi, Emmiganur, Proddatur, Tekkali and Anakapalle, she informed.
The Minister besides emphasised enactment for handicraft artisans, noting that 2.05 lakh artisans had been identified crossed the State. Through the Khadi and Village Industries Board and PMEGP schemes, the authorities was besides creating large-scale employment opportunities for youth, women and agrarian entrepreneurs crossed Andhra Pradesh., she added.
Principal Secretary of the State Handlooms and Textiles Department, R.P. Sisodia, CEO of the Khadi and Village Industries Board, Simhachalam, Commissioner Rekha Rani, Lepakshi Managing Director Viswa and others were present.
