Minister for industries and commerce, Chander Parkash recently launched a Handloom Cluster Development Project in Jammu & Kashmir (J&K). The project, has been initiated under the comprehensive Handloom Development Scheme of National Handloom Development Programme, ministry of textiles, government of India.
The project will empower handloom weavers from the region and build capacity to enhance competitiveness of their products in the domestic and international markets. It will facilitate bringing handloom weavers together and provide assistance for procurement, production, marketing and other support activities to promote sustainable growth and diversification of handlooms. On the occasion, Chander Parkash also distributed cheques of Rs 8,000 each among 10 beneficiaries for setting up looms to revive sources of their traditional livelihood.
The project was inaugurated in presence of minister of state for finance and information technology, Pawan Kumar Gupta and MLA Chenani Dina Nath Bhagat at Panchayat Ghar, Chenani.
