However, for some weavers, even that initial investment of Rs 25,000 for the machine could be too much. Despite Mallesham's efforts to subsidise the costs through crowd-funding efforts, he still often falls short of the people and the families he wants to help in total.
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Mallesham spoke to the Times of India about his own efforts, saying, "I went for the second round of crowdfunding as I wanted to help more weavers. My target is to reach 600 more families. After the first round, I raised Rs 4 lakh. I have decided to help 28 weaver families in Bachhanapet mandal in Jangaon district. They will be given the machine at 50% subsidy." But that was before the government stepped in.You may also like: Govt Subsidy for Padma Shri Mallesham's Innovative Asu Lakshmi Machine Will Greatly Help Weavers
While details are yet to be announced, the scheme from the Central government will fall under the `Hathkar Ka Samadhan Sahayata Yojna' and according to government officials, there will be no cap on the number of weavers who can benefit from and avail this scheme. And now, very soon more families and weavers will be able to afford weaving their dreams.