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Weavers service centre to serve as one stop centre for handloom weavers

On the eve of third National Handloom Day textiles minister Smriti Irani, inaugurated a camp for weavers MUDRA and Hathkargha Samvardhan Sahayata Schemes at Bijoynagar in Assam. She announced weavers will henceforth be able to avail a wide array of government services from Weavers’ Service Centres (WSCs).

Besides providing technical assistance, the WSCs will serve as a one-stop centre for weavers, providing various services, including banking, passport, insurance, PAN card, voter ID and AADHAAR. Weavers will also be able to pay their electricity bills and undertake online courses at WSCs. There are 28 WSCs under the Office of Development Commissioner (Handlooms), Ministry of Textiles, functioning across the country. Weavers visit these WSCs frequently, to avail technical assistance.

The PM Jan Dhan Yojana has eliminated middlemen and enabled transfer of public money directly to the bank account of deserving citizens. The minister expressed her satisfaction that more than 250 women applied for MUDRA loans in just an hour after the camp started functioning. She informed the 600-odd woman weavers present, that loans ranging from Rs 50,000 to Rs 10 lakh can be availed under MUDRA Yojana with no requirement for any security whatsoever.

MUDRA loan sanction letters were distributed to 50 weavers on the occasion, and appealed to all weavers to apply for the loan and improve their incomes. The Minister highlighted handloom weavers in Sambalpur, Odisha, were able to improve their earnings by more than 60 per cent within three months of availing MUDRA loan.

 
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