XII LOK SABHA DEBATES,   Session I 

Monday, March 30, 1998/Chaitra 9, 1920 (Saka)



Type of Debate: MATTERS UNDER RULE 377 			

Title: Need to improve the lots of handloom weavers of Madurai, Tamil Nadu

TEXT :
 

DR.SUBRAMANIAN SWAMY  (MADURAI):    About  two  lakh  people  of  Madurai  who
represent  handloom  weavers  and  their  family members are greatly suffering
because their output of cloth is not being lifted by Co-optex,  a  Tamil  Nadu
State Public Sector unit.

	This  is  causing economic hardship and leading to an alarming rate of
suicides. The hon.  Minister  of  Textiles  must  intervene  or  alternatively
purchase  the entire production with assured purchase for the next five years.
A Government claiming to adhere to Swadeshi policy cannot afford to ignore the
handloom weavers.


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