The handloom industry in Tamil Nadu has its rich heritage and long cultural values. It holds skilled craftmanship to bring up authentic and unique designs into the hand (woven or loom) fabric. It contributes to the national economy by providing massive rural employment directly and indirectly, especially to rural women’s and it leads them financially empowered.
Department of handlooms has a higher purpose of providing infrastructure and inputs to the weavers to get better earnings and also develop his skill to step as entrepreneur. Department play a vital role in preserving the weaving heritage and pass it to next generation by way of making it sustainability and reliability with a revision to revive, restore and restructure the handloom industry. Department has implemented various schemes, to reform promote and strengthening the handloom industry at the gross root level.
The Commissioner of Handlooms is dealing
with the primary objective to promote the
harmonious growth of handlooms and powerloom
sectors and to strive for the welfare of all the
concerned particularly that of the weavers and
workers.
The Commissioner of Handlooms is the
"Functional Registrar" for the Handlooms and
Powerloom Weavers' Cooperative Societies and
other Cooperative Institutions connected with the industry throughout the state and vested with
powers delegated under the Tamil Nadu
Cooperative Societies Act, 1983 and its Rules
1988.
The Department is ensuring the availability of
raw materials, augmenting the production of
fabrics at reasonable prices as well as creating an
eco-system to promote the sale of end products.
The Department of Handlooms also
promotes the socio-economic well-being of the
weavers and is in charge of implementing welfare
and developmental schemes through 20 Circle
Deputy Directors / Assistant Directors of
Handlooms to achieve various objectives
Objectives of the Department of Handlooms:
The objectives of the department are,
- To increase the productivity and improve the
quality of handlooms cloth,
- To reduce the drudgery of handlooms
weavers,
- To make appropriate intervention in
technology upgradation in pre-loom and post
loom activities
- To bring out cost competitiveness to
compete in the market due to innovations
and Research and Development,
- To ensure provision of better working
conditions for the weavers and workers,
- To provide better wages to the weavers and
workers,
- To bring innovation in production and design
for producing marketable products,
- To have access to wider markets by utilizing
the technological platform,
- To ensure social security to the weavers and
their dependents on life cycle approach.
The following organogram provides overview
of the administrative structure of the department:
