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Focus on handloom sector
15 Mar '07
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• The implementation of the Hank Yarn Obligation Order and the Reservation Orders issued under the Handloom Act 1985 will be reviewed keeping in mind the needs of the handloom weavers.
• Weavers Service Centres will be revamped in consonance with the contemporary trends and using Information Technology for efficacy, their activities suitably dovetailed with activities of centers of design excellence like NIFT and NID.
• As merchandising and marketing will be central to the success of the handloom sector, the present package of schemes for production of value added fabrics will be streamlined, innovative marked-oriented schemes will be introduced and joint ventures encouraged both at the domestic and international levels. Brand equity of handlooms will be commercially exploited to the extent possible.
Due to the absence of sectoral classification such as mill made, powerloom, handloom etc. in the schedule of revised ITC codes adopted by the office of the Central Board of Excise and Customs w.e.f. 1.4.03, data for handloom exports could not be generated from 1.4.2003 onwards.
As such, share of textile exports of handloom sector is not available from 1.4.2003 onwards. However, during 2002-03, the export of handlooms was Rs. 2633.27 crore as per information furnished by HEPC, he added.
• Weavers Service Centres will be revamped in consonance with the contemporary trends and using Information Technology for efficacy, their activities suitably dovetailed with activities of centers of design excellence like NIFT and NID.
• As merchandising and marketing will be central to the success of the handloom sector, the present package of schemes for production of value added fabrics will be streamlined, innovative marked-oriented schemes will be introduced and joint ventures encouraged both at the domestic and international levels. Brand equity of handlooms will be commercially exploited to the extent possible.
Due to the absence of sectoral classification such as mill made, powerloom, handloom etc. in the schedule of revised ITC codes adopted by the office of the Central Board of Excise and Customs w.e.f. 1.4.03, data for handloom exports could not be generated from 1.4.2003 onwards.
As such, share of textile exports of handloom sector is not available from 1.4.2003 onwards. However, during 2002-03, the export of handlooms was Rs. 2633.27 crore as per information furnished by HEPC, he added.
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