JALUKBARI, Dec 15 - Handloom sector plays an important role in the Indian economy in the context of employment generation and the economic development of India. Handloom units possess a tremendous potential to create large scale employment opportunities due to their labour-absorbing character.
In view of the above, Development Commissioner (Handlooms), Ministry of Textile, Government of India has taken up a project to enhance capacity of CDEs for better result on the ground in the handloom sector. DC(H) appointed Indian Institute of Entrepreneurship (IIE), Guwahati to impart training to government officials of Textile departments, members of Weaver�s Service Centre, implementing agencies and cluster development agencies.
As per this IIE has arranged and smoothly completed consecutively the six days duration residential 5th batch training today in its campus. Trainees were deputed from Tripura, Jharkhand, Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Sikkim, Mizoram, Sikkim, Assam, Manipur and Chhattisgarh.
The six-day training covered introduction to and identification of clusters, guidelines for block level clusters development approach, fundamentals of conducting baseline survey, etc.
