VBSY
What this is
"Varishtha Bunkar Samman Yojana" aims to encourage senior weavers in the handloom sector. The scheme provides financial assistance of ₹11,000/- to active weaver members who are 60 years or older and have produced the maximum cloth in their district.
In detail
Launched in 2007-08, the scheme "Varishtha Bunkar Samman Yojana" by the Chhattisgarh State Handloom Development and Marketing Cooperative Union Limited, Raipur aims to encourage and honor senior weavers in the handloom sector. The scheme provides financial assistance of ₹11,000/- to senior weavers who are 60 years or older and have produced the highest amount of cloth in their district. The eligible weavers must be active members of primary weaver cooperative societies affiliated with the State Handloom Union. The scheme is implemented by the Chhattisgarh State Handloom Development and Marketing Cooperative Union Limited, Raipur.
Who qualifies
- The applicant should be an active weaver member of the primary weaver cooperative society.
- The applicant should be affiliated with the Chhattisgarh State Handloom Union, Raipur.
- The applicant should be 60 years or older in age.
- One weaver from each district of the state who has produced the maximum cloth in that district.
- The weaver should not be a defaulter with the society.
What you get
Financial assistance of ₹11,000/- is provided.
not about the scheme.
Provenance
| schemeName | Varishtha Bunkar Samman Yojana | myScheme · 2026-09-02 |
| schemeOpenDate | ... | not published at source |
| schemeCloseDate | ... | not published at source |
| nodalMinistryName | ... | myScheme · 2026-09-02 |
| dbtScheme | False | myScheme · 2026-09-02 |
| achievement data | ... | no source publishes this for any central scheme |