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The Tamil Nadu Federation of Powerloom Associations has thanked the State authorities for allocating a ₹30-crore subsidy exclusively for the improvement and upgradation of powerlooms, accepting the long-pending request of powerloom associations crossed the State.
A merchandise from the federation said that, arsenic per the revised Government Order, 3,000 powerlooms would person ₹1 lakh each, totalling ₹30 crore. Earlier, the federation had opposed the determination to earmark ₹15 crore from the money for the acquisition of automatic looms, insisting that the full magnitude beryllium allotted solely for powerloom improvement. Accepting this request, the State authorities has present amended the allocation. In addition, the authorities has confirmed a further subsidy of ₹15 crore to enactment weavers successful purchasing caller rapier looms.
Expressing gratitude for the cardinal argumentation decision, the federation thanked the Chief Minister, the Minister for Handlooms and Textiles, the Housing Minister, the Minister for Information and Publicity, the Erode MP and the Tiruchengode MLA.
Meanwhile, federation members, led by its State president, L.K.M. Suresh, met the Assistant Director of Handlooms and Textiles and urged aboriginal merchandise of pending wages. Members from Erode, Chithode, Lakkapuram, Veerappanchatiram and different powerloom associations submitted a petition stating that 30% of the wages for the accumulation of escaped dhotis and sarees manufactured up to the extremity of November were yet to beryllium disbursed, and requested officials to expedite payment. Responding to the appeal, the Assistant Director assured that the petition would beryllium taken up immediately. He said arrangements would beryllium made to merchandise a large information of the pending wages by the extremity of this week, and the remaining magnitude would beryllium cleared by January 10.
