Chief Minister Dr Raman Singh, addressing the state-level ‘Bunkar Protsahan Puraskar Evam Samman Samaroh’ held here on Monday, said that the weavers have given a new identity to this region of the State through their dedication and hard work.
The Chief Minister said, during the last five years 20 times hike had been registered in the turnover of the weavers’ committees, which was the result of their hard work. He extended congratulations and good wishes to the office-bearers of apex and the weavers. The Chief Minister, on the occasion, distributed Rs 1.25 crore incentives to the weavers of the state. The programme was organised by the Chhattisgarh State Handicrafts and Development Marketing Cooperative Federation at Barphanidham in Rajnandgaon.
The chief minister said that the weavers’ committees have done a business of Rs 100 crore this year. He called upon the weavers came from the four corners of the state to set a target of Rs 200 crore business for the next year. He assured the weavers and the societies to provide all possible facilities to them.
Minister lata Usendi, MP Madhusudan Yadav, parliamentary secretary Komal Janghel, chairman of civil supplies corporation leelaram Bhojwani, textbook corporation chairman Ashok Sharma, vice-chairman of 20-point programme implementation committee Khubchand Parakh, MlA Khedu Ram Sahu, Ramji Bharti, district panchayat president Dinesh Gandhi, Apex chairman Santosh Devangan and members of the board of directors and other peoples’ representatives were present on the occasion.
The chief minister, under the late Bisahu Das Mahant Sarvshresht Bunkar Puraskar, distributed prizes worth Rs 1 lakh each to Satyanarayan Devangan, Premchand Devangan, Umesh Kumar Devangan, Govind Prasad, Savan Devangan and Jidhan Devangan. Under the Kabir Bunkar Protsahan Puraskar, Rs 25,000 has been given to Jailal Netam and Rs 10,000 to Suresh Devangan.