Hon’ble Chairperson of KVIC, Sushri Kumud Ben ji is keen on making this traditional art of processing the cotton into fabric, profitable to the dependent artisans - spinners & weavers. She opined that Ponduru Khadi is our exclusive pride and shall be preserved for the posterity. Therefore, the Principal Secretary to Govt. (FP), Industries & Commerce (Tex) Department /Person-in-charge of APKVIB visited Ponduru on 16.3.2011. Hon’ble Minister for H&T, Spinning Mills, Public Enterprises, SSI & KVI also visited Ponduru on 8.4.2011.
Efforts are being made by APKVIB to solve certain problems being faced by Ponduru Khadi artisans. Among others, cotton processing difficulties, scanty wages and marketing are the primary problems. MGIRI, Wardha is doing research on processing difficulties. KVIC has been addressed to form a technical team to look into wage structure.
Smt. M. Srimani, Hon’ble Member, All India Khadi & Village Industries Board desirous of arranging some support to Ponduru fabric visited Ponduru on 30th May 2011 accompanied by a representative of M/s Fab India and studied the possibilities of design support & marketing tie up.
this is good to hear about Ponduru Khadi. i wish they will get more and more opportunities soon. thanks for sharing the update and keep posting the best stuff.
ReplyDeleteIt ids dying handloom industry unable tocomoete with machine made cheaper cottons. Industry isfacing over or under production of raw matetials, lsck of product publicity outside the north coastal andhra pradesh and supportibg research and marketing are few issues to attend immediately
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