Bengaluru: Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa yesterday launched Nekar Samman Yojane and transferred Rs. 2,000 financial assistance to the bank accounts of 19,744 weavers in the first phase.

The ambitious mega scheme launched by Chief Minister yesterday at a function held at his home office ‘Krishna’ in Bengaluru comes as a huge blessing for weaver’s community in the State. 

According to fourth national handloom census, Karnataka has 54,789 registered handloom weavers in the State.  The silk, cotton, woollen and other handloom weavers engaged in allied activities in the State will be the beneficiaries of this ambitious scheme, Nekar Samman Yojane.

Chief Minister Yediyurappa, after launching the scheme, said that the Government has earmarked to Rs. 10.96 crore for distribution to weavers community under the Nekar Samman Yojane annually. Stating that over 40,634 handloom weavers have already enrolled under the Seva Sindhu software in Karnataka for the scheme, he stated that so far applications from as many as 37,314 weavers have been approved and the remaining eligible beneficiaries will be covered in the coming days under the scheme. He added that financial assistance will be directly transferred to the bank accounts of eligible beneficiaries in the next few days.