Kerala utilised only 50% of handloom development funds: Exclusive interview at Manorama News

                                 
                                                                                             

The Kerala government has utilised only 50 per cent of the Rs 5.58 crore released by the Ministry of Textiles as part of National Handloom Development Programme (NHDP). An RTI query has revealed that the state has so far spent only Rs 2.64 crore. The Office of the Development Commissioner for Handlooms, the nodal agency for implementing this scheme, admitted this in RTI reply given to Kochi-based RTI campaigner K. Govindan Nampoothiry.

As per the utilisation certificate submitted by the state government, 2,692 weavers were benefited. Six Block Level Clusters have been sanctioned based on the proposals submitted by the government.