Centre announces Rs 6,234 cr package for 13 lakh weavers

摘要

The upa-government at the centre has announced rs 6,234 crore package for 13 lakh weavers, including two lakh in the poll-bound uttar pradesh. The announcement was made by commerce and industry minister anand sharma, who holds additional charge of textiles days after congress general secretary rahul gandhi wrote him a letter asking concessions for the debt-ridden weavers. The package, to be implemented from january 2012, includes rs 3,884 crore debt waiver and rs 2,350 crore for a six-fold strategy to uplift weavers during 12th plan. An individual weaver will get benefit upto rs 50,000, sharma said. The scheme will help 15,000 weavers' cooperative societies besides individual weavers.