'Handloom sector got a subsidy of Rs 6000 crore'

Handloom sector, which does not fall under the purview of GST has been allocated subsidy worth Rs. 6,000 crore, Rajya Sabha was informed on Friday. Replying to questions, Minister of State for Textiles Ajay Tamta said during the Question Hour that "the Handloom weavers do not come under the GST regime as their total turnover is below Rs 20 lakh."

Maintaining that the government was concerned over the welfare of handloom weavers, he said in order to encourage the setting up of solar power handloom units, the government provides a subsidy of 90 per cent to scheduled tribe weavers, 75 per cent to scheduled caste weavers and 50 per cent to the general category weavers.