Kakinada, Aug 7th: The Central and State Governments were making efforts to make Indian hand-made textiles withstand the global competition. The skills of artisans were being upgraded for that purpose and welfare schemes introduced for their well-being, said Assistant Director of Handlooms and Textiles, K. Chandra Rao.
Addressing a meeting of artisans on the occasion of World Handloom Day on Friday, Mr. Chandra Rao said handloom industry is the second biggest sector in India after agriculture and it won for the country a place of pride in the comity of nations. Nevertheless, a lot more remained to be done to uplift the conditions of artisans, for which the only solution was to make their products most sought-after ones both within and outside India.
Mr. Chandra Rao further said 65 lakh artisans were in the handloom sector in India and almost half of them were in Andhra Pradesh. East Godavari district has 50 handloom weaver cooperative societies and 18,000 looms functioning in different parts. Funds were sanctioned for weavers in Veeravaram, Hasanbada and Bandarulanka villages under the cluster development scheme. More financial assistance to weavers in the district is on the anvil.
Warangal, Aug 7th: Feeling embarrassed and humiliated following an attack on her by a classmate, a 20 year old girl committed suicide by consuming pesticide at the Ameenabad village on the district on Friday. The young girl was found in an unconscious state by her parents. Even as her parents were ...
Ahmedabad, Aug 9th: Hundreds and thousands of students aspiring to get into the prestigious Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) will now be answering the Common Admission Test (CAT) online from this year onwards, IIM-A officials said. IIMs till now have been conducting CAT in traditional paper for...
Kakinada, Aug 9th: Minister of State for Defence, Mr. M M Pallamraju today said the Right to Education bill passed by Parliament paved the way for development of basic infrastructural facilities in all schools of the country. Speaking after inaugurating the Integrated Girls Welfare hostel complex, co...
Hyderabad, Aug 9th: With majority of students opting for MBA courses in the web-based counseling, the managements of MCA colleges in the state have approached the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) requesting permission to convert MCA colleges into MBA colleges. About 93.61 percent of ...
Kakinada, Aug 9th: The sale of tur dal at reduced prices was started at 11 rythu bazaars and at 6 other special counters in East Godavari. The sale was started at two rythu bazaars in Kakinada, five at Rajahmundry from Friday and one each at Ravulapalem, Ramachandrapuram, Amalapuram and Kothapeta fro...
Kakinada, Aug 9th: Kakinada revenue division office became the first one in Andhra Pradesh to be awarded ISO: 9001 quality certification for its public utility services. It is one of the few revenue divisions in India which won the global recognition, on four counts- land administration, magisterial ...
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