Hyderabad, December 09: State Govt. announced that the Central Govt. has provided a package of Rs. 250 crore for handloom & textile workers in the state which included the provisions of loan Rs 150 crore to APCO and Rs. 100 crore loan to handloom workers. Nearly 20 thousand handloom workers of the State are likely to be benefited by this package. Dr. P. Shankar Rao Minister for Textiles told that an all party meeting will be convened on 23rd December to review the problems faced by the handloom workers.
It may be noted that this state has handloom workers more than any other state.
He said that in the next state budget, he will try to allocate Rs. 1,000 crore for the handloom workers.
——Siasat News