Bengaluru: Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai assured of more support to the weavers and full assistance to them from raw materials to technological development in this Budget.
He was speaking after inaugurating the Amrit Mahotsav of Karnataka Rajya Togataveera Kshatriya Nekara Sangha here on Sunday January 22. He said, “the work of this community is to ensure dignity to the society. Both weavers and farmers have been protecting the dignity of people from time immemorial”.
“This sector received a deadly blow after globalisation in 1990. The weavers can survive only if their products get a good market. The growth of polyester cloth caused problems for weavers,” he added
CM Bommai mentioned that the weavers-beneficiary scheme, which was launched by his father and former Chief Minister S. R. Bommai. And also his uniform distributing scheme has been inspired by his father.