Handloom, handicraft programme helping weavers in backward areas: NDA leaders
BJP and TDP leaders in Andhra Pradesh highlighted the success of the National Handloom Development Programme in supporting local weavers. The program provides financial aid, raw materials, and technological upgrades to traditional artisans.
Why it matters
It showcases government welfare initiatives aimed at preserving traditional crafts and supporting rural economic development.
BJP senior leader and the party’ OBC Morcha Vizianagaram District In-charge Pasupleti Suresh Singh on Friday said that the Union government’s National Handloom Development Programme had been helping thousands of weavers to get financial assistance, raw material support, design inputs and new technologies. On the occasion of National Handloom Day, Mr. Suresh Singh and TDP leader Gutti Chinna Rao felicitated senior weaver Tutika Venkata Rao in a function organised in Srikakulam.
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