Indian Ministry of Textiles has decided to establish a “Bunkar Mitra-Handloom Helpline Centre” where professional queries of weavers will be answered by the experts in the field. The helpline will be launched initially in seven languages viz., Hindi, English, and five other regional languages (Telugu, Tamil, Kannada Bengali and Assamese).
To set up this helpline, online bids were called by the Ministry by following due e-procurement process where M/s. MSD (I) P. Ltd., Bhopal has been selected as an agency for providing Handloom Helpline Centre, which will be operational within a month.
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Currently, 28 Weavers’ Service Centres (WSCs) are functioning across the country to provide technical assistance to handloom weavers in improving their skills. However, for seeking assistance, weavers have to personally visit the WSCs. As of day, there is not a single point of contact where weavers can seek solutions for their technical issues/problems. Consequently Bunkar Mitra aims at creating point of contact.
