West Bengal Handloom & Khadi Weavers Financial Benefit Scheme: ₹15,000 Grant — Eligibility Criteria

Two conditions settle eligibility, and both have to be satisfied.

• The applicant must be an individual handloom weaver, meaning an artisan working on his or her own account rather than through an organisation.
• The applicant must not come under the ambit of any Primary Weavers' Cooperative Societies. Weavers already attached to a cooperative society fall outside this sub-scheme.

The information available does not lay down separate conditions on age, gender, turnover, DPIIT recognition or MSME registration, and no district-wise restriction is stated. This is a West Bengal state government programme, so individual weavers based in the state are the intended applicants.

West Bengal Handloom & Khadi Weavers Financial Benefit Scheme: ₹15,000 Grant is open to startups at any stage working in industrial goods and textiles leather. The programme is targeted at startups registered in West Bengal. Applicants should be registered as proprietorship.