The Government had constituted a Sub-Committee to examine the issue of change of definition of handloom. The sub-committee examined the issue and given its recommendation based on the representations of the stake holders and recommended that in the process of weaving, the weaver does not use power and hence definition of handloom need not be changed and it should remain in the purest form. The Government of India, Ministry of Textiles has accepted the report of the sub-committee. The press brief also been released for the public.
The sub-committee constituted by the Ministry of textiles did not have any representative from handloom or powerloom weavers to examine the issue of change of definition of handloom. However, the committee had discussed in detail all the aspects of this issue wih handloom and powerloom weavers in different clusters of the country.
Government of India is implementing a number of developmental and welfare schemes to empower the handloom weavers such as Yarn supply/Mill Gate Price Scheme, National Handloom Development Programme, Handloom Weavers Comprehensive Welfare Scheme and Comprehensive Handloom Cluster Development Scheme (CHCDS)-Handloom Mega Cluster.