20-Jan-2017: Tangaliya weavers to get government support for purchasing looms.
Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani(Textiles Minister);
- announced that Government of India will facilitate Tangaliya weavers in purchase of looms, by providing them an assistance amounting to 90% of the price of looms.
- announced the formation of a special association of Tangaliya workers, which will work for their interest.
- said that the work needs to be marketed through international platforms and requested the district administration to make proper arrangements for the same.
- appealed to fashion designers to use the Tangaliya art work for their fashionable garments.
Topic segment: GS Paper III: Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation.