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New Delhi : Union Textiles Minister Smriti Zubin Irani on August 6, 2017, announced at Bijoynagar, Assam, that weavers will henceforth be able to avail a wide array of government services from Weavers’ Service Centres (WSCs).
The Minister said that besides providing technical assistance, the WSCs will serve as a one-stop centre for weavers providing various services including banking, passport, insurance, PAN card, voter ID and AADHAAR. The Minister added that weavers will also be able to pay their electricity bills and undertake online courses at WSCs, according to a PIB release.
There are 28 WSCs under the Office of Development Commissioner (Handlooms), Ministry of Textiles, functioning in various parts of the country. Weavers visit them WSCs frequently to avail technical assistance in relation to their profession. The Minister informed that the Ministry of Textiles will enter into an MoU on August 7 with Common Service Centres, which will enable WSCs to provide the aforementioned services, beginning this year itself, according to the PIB release.
The Textiles Minister said that the PM Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) has eliminated middlemen and enabled transfer of public money directly to the bank account of deserving citizens. The Minister said that around 25 crore citizens have got their bank accounts opened under PMJDY in last three years.