Hong, Aug 7: The 5th National Handloom Day was celebrated today in a befitting manner here by the Weaver's Service Centre, Guwahati, Ministry of Textiles in collaboration with the office of the District Registrar of Cooperative Society, Lower Subansiri district. 
Minister Agriculture and Horticulture, Fisheries etc Er. Tage Taki who attended the program as Chief Guest said that even in the current competitive world of artificial fabrics and high-end fashion, indigenous designs on natural fabrics have created a niche for itself, even at international levels with the jwekhe and jillang patterns of the Apatanis worn on international fashion platforms. 
While awarding training certificates on designing and dyeing to the weavers, Taki  exhorted them to be sincere, professional, dedicated and explore more designs. Hong based Brand Arunachal Multipurpose Cooperative Society, Ziro is currently providing the training with four batches already completed in dyeing and designing, informed the Chairperson of the society, Hibu Yabyang. The Minister also distributed Weavers Pehchan Card/Yarn Passbook to the weavers. “Through the Mudra scheme for financial assistance to weavers, the government has initiated measures to uplift the economic condition of this section of the society. But it is saddening to see that few of our brethren have defaulted in repayment of the loans. This has made the banks reluctant,” he said, while urging all to be sincere in repayments. “The banks will also have to work out a modality so that genuine people don’t suffer,” he added. Noting that most of the weavers were also farmers, he asked them to form clusters, each containing 100-150 farmers which will give way to cumulative field area for double cropping scheme. “This winter as a part of our double cropping initiation, off season vegetables shall be grown in our fields, which were erstwhile left barren after the harvest in September and October, Taki added while assuring to take care of the fencing.

AD(D),WSC, Guwahati UC Baro in his keynote address informed that Lower Subansiri  district has three block level clusters at Ziro, Hong Hari CD Block and Tamen-Dollungmukh (now in Kamle) and the Weavers’ Societies under these clusters shall be provided with financial, machinery and yarn aids. In the technical session various schemes sponsored by DCH, Delhi, NHDC,HEPC, MUDRA etc were dwelt at length. Deputy Commissioner  Chukhu Takar and  MD, AWFED Gyati Kobing spoke on the occasion. 
Exhibition stalls were also set up by various Cooperative Societies and weavers, Goan Buras & Goan Buris  from  both Kamle and Lower Subansiri districts participated. DIPRO

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