YSRCP president Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy extended his greetings to the weavers on the National Weavers Day on Thursday.
He congratulated Lakka Srinivasulu (Tirupati) on receiving the Sant Kabir Award from President Droupadi Murmu, and Karnati Murali (Chirala) and Jajare Nagaraju (Ponduru) on receiving the National Handloom Awards.
Talking to X, he said, “Our government deposited ₹24,000 annually without fail into the weavers’ bank accounts under Nethanna Nestham.”
“The YSRCP government gave ₹969.77 crore towards Nethanna Nestham and ₹1,396.45 crore towards Nethanna Pension, cleared ₹468.84 crore dues to APCO, and created a record by disbursing ₹3,706.16 crore for the welfare of weavers,” he added.
“We gave free power to the weavers and provided concessions to powerlooms. We also tied up with e-commerce agencies for online marketing of handloom to increase the revenue of weavers,” he said.
