KTR Demands Rs 900 Cr In Union Budget For Textiles, Handloom Sector Of Telangana
Date
12/30/2022 2:07:49 PM
(MENAFN- KNN India)
KTR demands Rs 900 cr in Union Budget for textiles, handloom sector of Telangana Hyderabad, Dec 30 (KNN) To strengthen Telangana's textiles and handloom sector, Minister KT Rama Rao has urged the central government to allocate Rs 900 crore in the union budget towards infrastructure for the Kakatiya Mega Textiles Park and other programmes.
He appealed to recognise powerloom sector in Sircilla as mega powerloom cluster which has over 25,000 powerloom machines and be allotted Rs 100 crore.
The minister alleged that multiple appeals by the state government to strengthen the sector were not favourably considered by the Centre.
The state government was establishing Kakatiya Mega Textiles Park in Warangal considering the importance of infrastructure to usher in rapid progress of the handloom sector, he said.
He also urged the central government to grant Indian Institute of Handloom
Technology
to the state as over 40,000 handloom weavers are in different parts of Telangana, with most in Yadadri Bhuvanagiri, Gadwal, Warangal, Rajanna Sircilla and Karimnagar.
(KNN Bureau)
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