Chief Secretary Raj Bala Verma today directed to prepare a special work plan to brand Jharcraft. She directed to present KPMG report for rejuvenation of Jharcraft in three months and review the development with KPMG team leader. The Cs was holding a review meeting of Jharcraft and Industry department here on Tuesday.
Verma said that a strategy should be made with different departments and the purchase should be cashless. The policy, mode and manner to purchase of Jharcraft products (blankets, bed sheet, school dress etc) should be determined and the production of blankets as per the target should be done before Durga Puja. To achieve this target, 100 more looms should be installed. Presently 150 looms are working where blankets are prepared.
The CS said that special work plan should be made for all the 35 clusters working under Jharcraft and the responsibility of cluster manager should be fixed to boost production capacity.
At the same time, retreating weavers of Jharkhand should be given work under Jharcraft. It should be determined how many jobs are being created by Jharcraft and its potential to create jobs should also be considered.
The department officials said that presently 240 looms are installed and 116 are functional producing 8700 bed sheets in 25 working days of a month.