Modi to announce big project for weavers
11 Oct 2014 5:19 AM IST
Prime minister Narendra Modi is expected to announce a big initiative for weavers of Varanasi next week, textiles minister Santosh Gangwar said on Thursday.
Weavers in other parts of the country are also facing problems and a new textiles policy will be formulated to give an overall thrust to the sector, the minister said.
‘We have framed a complete project for Varanasi. Our secretary is going tomorrow (Friday). The prime minister will be there on 13 and 14. We are going to announce a big project there,’ the minister told reporters here after inaugurating the Handloom Marketing complex here. He was replying to a question about the issue of exodus of weavers from Varanasi to different jobs.
Weavers in other parts of the country are also facing problems and a new textiles policy will be formulated to give an overall thrust to the sector, the minister said.
‘We have framed a complete project for Varanasi. Our secretary is going tomorrow (Friday). The prime minister will be there on 13 and 14. We are going to announce a big project there,’ the minister told reporters here after inaugurating the Handloom Marketing complex here. He was replying to a question about the issue of exodus of weavers from Varanasi to different jobs.
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