MAJOR THRUST IN HANDLOOM DEVELOPMENT
PLANNED
MOU
WITH NHDC SIGNED FOR THE YEAR 2003-2004
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)
for the year 2003-2004 was signed here today between the Ministry
of Textiles and the National Handloom Development Corporation Limited
(NHDC), a Government of India Enterprise. Shri S. B. Mohapatra,
Secretary (Textiles) and Shri V. K. Goyal, Managing Director, National
Handloom Development Corporation Limited signed on behalf of Government
of India and NHDC respectively. Also present on the occasion were
Ms. Kasturi Gupta Menon, Development Commissioner for Handlooms
and other Senior Officers of Ministry of Textiles and NHDC.
The signed MoU
focuses on the Operations of the Corporation for enhancing the
activity levels & delivery systems for supply of raw materials
like yarn, dyes and chemicals, contributing to the growth of infrastructure
and appropriate technology, creating marketing opportunities for
higher output, playing a pro-active role for the benefit of the
sector and routing Central Government funds/loans and grants to
handloom organisations. The corporation has proposed supply of
280 lakh Kgs valuing Rs. 24,000 lakh of yarn for the year 2003-2004.
The Scheme of Supply of Yarn at Mill Gate Price has been approved
to be implemented throughout the X Plan period with the Corporation
as the Nodal Agency. The target for supplies of dyes and chemicals,
another important input, has been kept as 11 lakh Kgs valuing
Rs. 1950 lakh for the year 2003-2004.
NHDC’s thrust
will be to reach handloom weavers through the cluster approach
besides utilising the existing channel of State Handloom Corporations
and Apex Bodies. The Corporation continues to extend increasing
support in North Eastern States and J&K as well as the hill
regions.
NHDC also has
been arranging plain reel hank cotton yarn net of CENVAT for the
benefit of handloom weavers.
NHDC will be
organising Technical Exhibitions and other publicity campaigns
for the benefit of handloom weavers besides organising the SILKFAB
exhibition during 2003-2004.
NHDC’s past track
record has been quite satisfactory and it is paying dividends
for the last six years, since 1996-97 consistently. It proposes
to develop an effective mechanism for customer satisfaction during
the year 2003-04, besides going in for Process & Progress
Bench Marking.
