'Atmanirbhar Bharat' Doesn't Care for Powerloom Sector?
Channel: NewsClickin
Date: 2021-08-06

The power loom sector is a significant industry, spread across many districts in Tamil Nadu. These industries have been hit hard by demonetisation, the inappropriate implementation of GST and the lockdown due to COVID-19. According to the Tamil Nadu Department of Handlooms and Textiles, there are nearly 3.2 lakh people who have been registered as power-loomers. The workers and small-scale manufacturers in the sector, who struggle to lead their lives, say that the government has ignored them.  To understand their issues, Newsclick reached out to a power-loom unit and its workers in the Salem district of Tamil Nadu

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