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Minister for Handlooms and Textiles S. Savitha connected Sunday (March 22, 2026) said that improvement and payment of handloom artisans successful the State was a precedence for the TDP-led conjugation government.
The Minister visited the Gandhi Bunakar Mela (National Handloom Exhibition) – 2026 astatine Shesha Sai Kalyana Mandapam successful Vijayawada. The Minister said that the authorities was implementing respective payment schemes to fortify the handloom sector, successful enactment with the promises made by Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu during the elections.
She said that recognising the hardships faced by handloom workers, the authorities has extended afloat enactment to them successful the signifier of the exhibitions organised astatine the Secretariat during Assembly fund sessions and besides during the Tirumala Brahmotsavams to beforehand handloom products. Subsidies connected earthy materials, nett funds, and grooming successful modern designs were being provided to boost the sector, she said, adding that additionally, up to 90% subsidy was being offered connected acquisition of instrumentality to heighten productivity.
The Minister noted that retired of the 10 awards received by the State nether the “One District – One Product” scheme, 4 were bagged by the handloom sector. Artisans from regions specified arsenic Venkatagiri, Dharmavaram, Uppada, Mangalagiri, Ponduru, Chirala, Pedana, Madhavaram, and Madanapalle are participating successful the exhibition. Of the 112 stalls acceptable up, 47 belonged to Andhra Pradesh, she said.
The Minister said that a monthly pension of ₹4,000 was being provided to handloom workers aged supra 50 years. From April 1, escaped energy up to 200 units for handlooms and 500 units for powerfulness looms would beryllium provided.
She urged radical to bargain handloom apparel during festivals to enactment the artisans and noted that truthful far, income worthy astir ₹47,35,000 had been recorded since March 18, and they were expected to scope ₹4 crore soon. The accumulation volition proceed till March 31, she said asking radical from each sections to sojourn the exhibition.
Former ZPTC chairperson Gadde Anuradha said that the tone of India lies successful its threads, which symbolically hindrance the state together. She highlighted that handloom artisans alteration their creativity into cloth and that the assemblage provided important employment, adjacent lone to agriculture. She appreciated the government’s efforts successful promoting the handloom sector.
Joint Director G. Rajarao and others were contiguous astatine the event.
