It is expected to cover 10 lakh weavers in the current year as against 2.01 lakhs achieved last year and another 10 lakhs will be covered in the next year.
Marketing Promotion Programme
To encourage the States to organize more exhibitions (district level), fairs have been increased from 150 in the year 2004-05 to 300 in the current year.
The number of National Handloom Expo/Special Expos has also been increased from 37 in the year 2004-05 to 50 year 2005-06.
It is expected that this will give a fillip to the sale of handloom fabrics.
Integrated Handloom Training Project (IHTP)
Under the IHTP Scheme, by which the skills of the weavers are upgraded, sanctions to cover 16540 beneficiaries were issued in the year 2004-05 against the sanction of 10,000 beneficiaries issued during the year 2003-04.
The meeting was attended by Members of Parliament Shri Mahesh Kumar Kanodia, Shri Santasri Chatterjee and Shri Mohan Rawale.
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