A toothless body or voice of weavers? Why the handloom board came apart

With the body abolished, the voice of the weaver fades

A little over a week before India celebrated the National Handloom Day on August 7, the All India Handloom Board (AIHB) was abolished through a terse July-27 notification that said the step was being taken in pursuance of the “minimum government, maximum governance” maxim. When asked about the implications of this step, a former textiles secretary said: “Oh? Was there a handloom board? Really? When was it abolished?”
 

Activists describe the board as a chai-samosa setup that served basically to “oblige” Tier 2 workers and sympathisers in political parties.
 

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