Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Sunday launched a special assistance scheme called Barishta Bunakar Sahayata Yojana for senior weavers here on the occasion of the National Handloom Day.
According to the scheme, all weavers above the age of 60 years would get a monthly pension of Rs500, and those above 80 years would get Rs700.
The pension amounts would be directly sent to the beneficiaries bank accounts. More than 8,000 weaver families of the State would be covered under the scheme, said the Chief Minister.
Patnaik conveyed his greetings to all weavers of the State on the occasion.
Notably, various welfare schemes are now being implemented to provide houses, solar lanterns, looms and loom accessories to poor farmers in the State.