After centre abolished the All India Handloom Board and the All India Handicrafts Board, it has now scrapped the All India Powerloom Board.
The board was set up in 1981 and advised the government on the development of powerlooms, their efficiency and welfare of workers involved.
The Centre said that the boards have been scrapped with a view on achieving “minimum government and maximum governance”.
It also said that it is aiming that the moves are aimed at a “leaner government machinery and for systematic rationalisation of government bodies”.
It has also changed the status of Textiles Research Associations (TRAs) to ‘approved bodies’. Earlier, the TRAs were recognised as ‘affiliated bodies’ of the Ministry of Textile.
According to the government notification, this would mean that “any disposal, sale, transfer of assets created out of central government grant will require prior specific approval of the ministry of textiles.”
The eight TRAs with altered status are the South India TRA in Coimbatore, Ghaziabad based Northern India TRA, Ahmedabad Textile Industry Research Association,
Bombay TRA, Synthetic and Art Silk Mills Research Association in Mumbai, Man-made TRA in Surat, World Research Association in Thane and Kolkata-based Indian Jute Industries’ Research Association. Focused Product Investment
