The CM said, that, the Government is prepared to spend any amount for the welfare of padmashalis and in turn, they should make optimum utilization of these funds and find lasting solutions of the issues.
CM announced allotment of two and half acre’s land and Rs. 5 crore money for the construction of Padmashali Bhavan in Hyderabad city. CM suggested that the community should organize and create padmashali welfare fund for which as a first donation the TRS party’s contribution would be Rs.50 lakhs.
The handloom weavers are now not in a position to provide clothes for all the 130 crore people of India.
The power looms and the cloth mills have come into existence. Competition by the handloom weavers with them is in a way an impossible task. This resulted in loosing employment by several handloom weavers. Unable to take up any alternate job they are facing financial problems. With the debt trap they are resorting to suicides.
During the separate Telangana movement, KCR created a welfare fund with Rs. 50 lakhs corpus from party funds to save the handloom weavers.
Now the Government is initiating and implementing several measures to help handloom and powerloom weavers” said the Chief Minister.
“The Government is buying the clothes from handloom and powerloom weavers. Sarees and other clothes were distributed during Bathukamma, Ramzan and Christmas festivals were procured from the handloom and powerloom weavers resulting in doing a way with their marketing problems.
Power looms are modernized with 100% subsidy from the Government. Wool and chemicals are provided on 50% subsidy. All these have given certain amount of relief to weavers. Power loom weavers are getting Rs. 15,000 to Rs 20,000 income per month which again gives relief to them some extent.
