Posted: Post Date – 09:04 PM, Wed – Oct 26 22
Hyderabad: Handloom and Textiles Minister KT Rama Rao launched a scathing attack on Narendra Modi’s government on Wednesday for hampering the Telangana government’s grant of 5% GST on handloom products. The effort of weavers’ power.
Rama Rao, who welcomed former MP and BJP senior leader Rapolu Anand Bhaskar to Telangana Bhavan’s party on Wednesday, said the handloom and textile industry is the country’s second largest employer after agriculture.
“But apart from slogans like ‘farm to fabric’ and ‘farm to fashion’, the Modi government has no policies to encourage the industry. So a small country like Bangladesh is far ahead of India in textile production,” he said. He says.
The Minister reminded that in addition to providing the necessary financial support when needed, the state government is implementing a number of schemes including the supply of yarn and other raw materials under a 40% subsidy, thrift and insurance scheme. Among other initiatives, the state government has also established the Kakatiya Mega Textile Park in Warangal. He said the centre had provided no support despite repeated requests from Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao.
“Instead of supporting our efforts, the BJP government has created obstacles. The union government has neither offered any support to Kakatiya Mega Texile Park on the grounds that it lacks any regulations, nor is it reluctant to approve large clusters of power looms. Instead, the centre Eight schemes including supply of subsidized raw materials, closure of All India Handloom Council and All India Handicraft Council, etc. were cancelled,” he said.
Rapolu Anand Bhaskar said Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao turned agriculture into a paid career for farmers by carrying out irrigation projects in an unprecedented way. He said the chief minister had developed Telangana into a progressive state and would be a strong alternative to the BJP in national politics.
