<span style="color: #222222;">In Assam, Handloom and Textile department is taking various measures for the weavers to achieve the goal of Aatma Nirbhar Bharat. Official sources in Guwahati said that members of various Self Help Groups have sold face masks worth Rs 27 lakh during the lockdown. Nearly 1,200 weavers are engaged in the mask making process. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">On the other hand, Handloom department has provided subsidized yarn to 1,600 weavers worth Rs 39 lakh. Apart from them, nearly 7,000 weavers got engagement by producing over 1,34,000 pieces of Gamocha. The ARTFED has also purchased clothes from the weavers to help out them during lock down.</span><br />''