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Weavers Service Centre inaugurated in Nagaland

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Fibre2Fashion
Published
Aug 16, 2017

A Weavers Service Centre (WSC) has been inaugurated at Luyong, Tuli in Nagaland by the department of industries & commerce, with a view to promoting economic activities in the area. This is the first centre of a series, which have been sanctioned by the Central government for the state. A common facility centre will also be added to it in the future.



Amenba Yaden, parliamentary secretary of industries & commerce, NIDC, inaugurated the WSC under the auspices of the development commissioner of handlooms.

While addressing the audience at the ceremony, Yaden said that unemployment is a challenge for the Naga society. He said that jobs in the government sectors have reached a saturation point and the state government should provide new opportunities for self employment. The WSC is a government initiative to fulfil this demand.

The WSC will essentially impart training to artisans on designing, weaving and dyeing, said local media reports quoting K Hokishe Assumi, managing director of the Nagaland Handloom & Handicraft Development Corporation and director of industries & commerce.

He also said that the centre will facilitate marketing of the products manufactured by the artisans trained at WSC. Tools and equipment worth Rs 27,000 will be made available to the trainees at a subsidised rate of Rs 13,000, said Assumi.

The land for the WSC has been donated by Luyong village native and former Director of NEZCC, Lipokmar Tzudir and the construction is being undertaken with voluntary participation of the youth association of the area.

Subramaniam, deputy director WCS, distributed training kits to the trainees on the occasion. 

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