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West Bengal Handloom and Khadi Weavers Financial Benefit Scheme 2024: Assistance to Individual Handloom Weaver

“Assistance to Individual Handloom Weaver" is a sub-scheme under "West Bengal Handloom and Khadi Weavers Financial Benefit Scheme 2024”, implemented by the MSME and Textiles Dept, Government of West Bengal aims to provide one-time financial assistance to the individual Handloom weavers.

State Cash

States / UT: West Bengal

Nodal department: Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises and Textiles Department

Scheme for: Individual

Scheme profile

DBT (direct benefit transfer): No

Scheme open date: 2024-03-07

Categories: Business & Entrepreneurship

Sub-categories: Setting up / start-up / entrepreneurship

Target beneficiaries: Individual

Tags: Handloom, Handloom Weaver, Financial Benefit

Details

“Assistance to Individual Handloom Weaver" is a sub-scheme under "West Bengal Handloom and Khadi Weavers Financial Benefit Scheme 2024”, launched by the Micro, Small & Medium Enterprise and Textiles Department, Government of West Bengal on 7th March, 2024, and it shall remain in force for a period of five years. The objective of this sub-scheme is to provide one-time financial assistance to the individual Handloom weavers who are not under the ambit of any Primary Weavers’ Cooperative Societies.

Benefits

  • - ₹5000/- per weaver towards repair/renovation of work shed and/or repair/modification of loom & accessories
  • ₹10,000/- will also be provided towards raw material assistance for production of handloom products. To get this benefit, the raw material, i.e. yarn has to be procured through Tantuja
  • ₹5000/- per weaver towards repair/renovation of work shed and/or repair/modification of loom & accessories.
  • ₹10,000/- will also be provided towards raw material assistance for production of handloom products. To get this benefit, the raw material, i.e. yarn has to be procured through Tantuja.

Eligibility

  • Applicant should be an Individual Weavers.

Application Process

Offline

  • An eligible PWCs/ Khadi society/ Individual Weaver will apply either in online or in offline mode in the prescribed format (as would be notified by this department) before the Director, Textiles.

Helpdesk: Office Addresses and Contact Details (District Wise).

Documents Required

No document list is available for this scheme yet.

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  • Caste Certificate (if applicable)
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