Kerala to organise a ‘handloom challenge’ for Onam
The Hindu
Clothes worth ₹5,000 will be offered for ₹2,999: Rajeeve
With an intention to provide relief to the handloom sector, severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, the State government will organise a ‘Kaithari (handloom) challenge’ campaign during the Onam season, Industries Minister P. Rajeeve told the Assembly on Friday. A scheme under which clothes worth ₹5,000 will be offered for ₹2,999 has also been formulated. He was replying to a calling attention motion from K.K. Shailaja. Mr. Rajeeve said the Kerala Khadi Grama Vyavasaya Board and centres selling khadi products were allowed to function by following protocols even amid the pandemic. The government had distributed ₹22 crore to 12,500 workers in the khadi sector, who had lost work due to the pandemic. An amount of ₹2,000 each was being given to the families of the workers affected by COVID-19.
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