Vishwakarma Silai Machine Yojana aims to empower women by providing financial assistance for purchasing sewing machines and offering free tailoring training. The scheme supports artisans to become self-reliant and boost their income.
This scheme aims to encourage registered women construction workers and to enable them to mend their clothing at their homes. Under this scheme, financial assistance is provided to registered women construction workers to purchase a Sewing Machine.
Under the scheme, bicycles are provided to registered building & construction workers in plain areas, while sewing machines are provided to registered workers or their dependents in mountainous/hilly areas. These benefits are granted only once in a lifetime.
Asangathit Karmakaar Silai Machine Sahayata Yojana started by the Government of Chhattisgarh in 2012.
The Telangana Building & Other Construction Workers Welfare Board offers a 90-day non-residential skill development training programme specifically designed for unemployed girls and women who are dependents of registered construction workers.