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The Tamil Nadu authorities volition springiness 50% oregon ₹1 lakh subsidy, whichever is lesser, to powerloom weavers to upgrade the accepted powerlooms.
In an bid issued recently, the State authorities said the outgo of converting plain powerlooms into rapier shuttleless looms volition outgo astir ₹2.55 lakh. The authorities volition springiness 50% oregon ₹1 lakh arsenic subsidy for each looms for 3 years. A beneficiary tin avail of the subsidy for maximum 10 looms.
In an bid issued successful February this year, the authorities sanctioned ₹50 crore towards upgradation of accepted powerlooms, acquisition of caller airjet looms, and constitution of communal installation centre. Of these, ₹30 crore volition payment the weavers directly.
R. Velusamy, State caput of the Federation of Tamil Nadu Powerloom Associations, said by upgrading the looms, accumulation tin spell up by astatine slightest 10% and trim labour and powerfulness consumption. The federation has taken efforts to upgrade 25 looms initially. “We are trying to upgrade 500 to 1,000 looms astatine the earliest. The weavers needs to put astatine slightest ₹1 lakh for each looms. They request to beryllium encouraged to modernise.” He urged Chief Ministry M.K. Stalin to enactment the weavers to acceptable up rooftop star systems.
The Tamil Nadu Weavers’ Associations’ Federation welcomed the determination and said the higher subsidy and summation successful escaped powerfulness for powerlooms volition payment the weavers.
In a property release, the powerloom 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.
