Ministry of Textiles sponsored handloom weaving skill upgradation concludes

GANGTOK, 06 Feb: A 60-day long skill up-gradation on handloom weaving under Integrated Handloom Development Scheme sponsored by office of the Development Commissioner [Handlooms], Ministry of Textiles, New Delhi, concluded today. The training was organized by Sikkim Handicrafts and Handloom Development Corporation Limited at here at Directorate of Handicrafts and Handloom complex.
The valedictory function had the Deputy Director [Marketing and Sales], Karma Samten Bhutia as the chief guest, who stressed upon to carry on the knowledge learnt from the master trainer, Narayan Das from Weavers service centre, Kolkata during the training in the future practically.
Assistant Director [East], Jigme Pintso Bhutia also stressed on the need of the weaving training and further informed weavers to take full advantages of all opportunities of the government. He further mentioned that the knowledge acquired from the training would not only benefit the oneself but will benefit the others and can become self sustain and develop the economic condition of oneself and of the state and also spelt out about the admission under Health Insurance Scheme and Life Insurance Schemes of the weavers provided by Government of India, Ministry of Textiles.
The programme was concluded with vote of thanks by Assistant Director [Handlooms], Pema Sangmo.
Earlier, in the inaugural function on 2 December the DHH Director highlighted various programmes of the government relating to the handloom sector to weaver and encouraged beneficiaries to participate and upgrade their skill so as to be self- employed and to establish a self sustaining handloom industry in the area.