Assistance for Capital Investment to Uplift the Economic Condition of Artisans/Persons
Gives SC/ST/OBC/EWS artisans in the union territory free tools and equipment for their trade.
A dedicated committee -- made up of the General Manager of the District Industries Centre, the Director of Tourism, the CEO of the District Panchayat, a Municipal Council officer and the Director of Social Welfare -- scrutinises every application before passing its recommendations on to the Secretary (Industries), who makes the actual funding decision. This sub-scheme sits under the territory's br…
This sub-scheme of the Investment Promotion Scheme covers artisans and self-employed workers from SC/ST/OBC/EWS communities across 27 named trades, structured as a Handloom and Handicrafts artisan support line. Support runs on a six-tier scale by trade: senting work, cobblers and mobile repair sit at the bottom (₹10,000), pottery work sits near the top (₹30,000), and female self-help-group paper cup and dish makers sit at the very top (₹50,000), with most other trades such as plumbing, carpentry, mason work and tailoring falling in the ₹15,000-25,000 middle band.
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