To support and empower the indigenous weavers in Assam, the Government has rolled out a flagship program called “SWANIRBHAR NAARI,” managed by the Directorate of Handloom & Textiles, Assam. This program is being carried out through the Directorate of Handloom & Textiles, Assam. The idea is to buy traditional hand-woven products directly from the local weavers via the dedicated “Swanirbhar Naari” portal (swanibharnaari.assam.gov.in), cutting out any middlemen in the process. Weavers who want to benefit from this scheme can register on the portal. If you’re a weaver producing the specified items, you can apply there. However, your registration will only be approved after a physical verification by the Departmental officials.
Registration of weavers has been done through the specially developed “Swanirbhar Naari” (swanibharnaari.assam.gov.in) portal, where a total 6,00,924 applications have been received, out of which 5,64,811 applications are approved after thorough verification done by departmental officers.
For procurement of benchmarked traditional hand-woven items from the registered weavers, procurement centres have been set up in all districts of the state, where a total Rs. 19,24,06,252 has been paid for the procurement of 5,54,892 items from 19,845 weavers.