Tamil Nadu Powerloom Federation Seeks 1,500-Unit Free Power Quota, Wider Welfare Orders
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Updated · The Hindu · Jun 8
Tamil Nadu Powerloom Federation Seeks 1,500-Unit Free Power Quota, Wider Welfare Orders
1 articles · Updated · The Hindu · Jun 8
Summary
Tamil Nadu’s powerloom federation asked the state government to raise the free electricity quota for Tariff IIIA2 units to 1,500 units from 1,000, citing an election promise.
The group tied that demand to jobs and costs, urging the government to guarantee up to six months of work under the Pongal free dhoti-and-saree scheme and to install subsidised solar systems with net metering.
It also pressed for more orders by extending the dhoti-and-saree scheme to all ration card holders and routing government staff and school uniform production through powerloom units.
On taxes and sector support, the federation sought withdrawal of higher property tax on cottage-scale sheds, residential tax treatment for home-based units, district effluent plants and a review of the Handloom Reservation Act.
The demands were adopted at the federation’s state executive meeting in Erode, which also passed a resolution congratulating Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay and the new government.