Govt to support Tangaliya weavers in purchasing looms
The Dollar Business Bureau With an ambitious vision to support and strengthen the domestic textile industry, the Government would facilitate Tangaliya weavers on their looms purchases, by extending them an assistance amounting to 90% of the price of looms. Interacting with Tangaliya weavers in Surendranagar district of Gujarat, Textiles Minister Smriti Zubin Irani said the government will continue to favour Tangaliya weavers’ interest and will form a special association of Tangaliya workers to oversee their developmental goals. Appreciating Tangaliya embroidery, Irani said Tangaliya weavers’ exquisite handloom work should be promoted on an international scale, and requested the district administration to make proper arrangements. She also appealed to fashion designers to use and encourage the Tangaliya artwork for their fashionable garments. The Minister also mentioned Pradhan ...
Weaving Wonders... Her Way
Rashmi Verma, who recently joined the Ministry of Textiles (Government of India), as the new Secretary, is making all the right moves to give exports from this all-important industry a leg-up. Ahmad Shariq Khan | March 2016 Issue | The Dollar Business Rashmi Verma, Secretary, Ministry of Textiles, GoI Rashmi Verma, an IAS officer of 1982-batch of Bihar cadre, a postgraduate in political science and an MBA from the University of Hull (Yorkshire, England), has recently taken charge as Secretary, Ministry of Textiles, Government of India. Rashmi, who previously held the charge of Special Secretary at the Department of Revenue in Finance Ministry, feels strongly that in this new role she would be able to make a difference, which she has always ...
