Hyderabad: Telangana Minister of Handlooms and Textiles Thummala Nageswara Rao on Friday, August 7, visited the handloom exhibition at Nampally People’s Plaza on the occasion of National Handloom Day. The exhibition, being held till August 16, features more than 100 stalls set up by skilled handloom artisans from different parts of the state. He said that the government is advancing the revival of the handloom sector on equal priority with farmer welfare. As for handloom workers’ welfare, Rs 5 lakh in insurance assistance is being provided to the family of a deceased handloom worker under the Netanna Ku Boddha Scheme, and Rs 49.27 crore has been released towards handloom loan waiver so far. Handloom workers are also being given financial assistance of Rs 18,000 per year, while affiliated workers are provided Rs 6,000 under the Netanna Bharosa Scheme.