Bengal’s Tantuja sarees now available on Amazon

KOLKATA: After a successful partnership with Flipkart, Bengal’s Tantuja sarees will now be available on Amazon. Swapan Debnath, the state micro industries minister inaugurated the arrangement earlier this week.

Tantuja that had earlier tied up with Flipkart, had sold products worth Rs 50 lakhs in a year.

Tantuja , the State Handloom Weavers Society, continued to be in profit successively for the third year. Starting with a profit of Rs 25 lakh in 2013-14 after a gap of 40 years it went on to make an operational profit of Rs. 2.5 crore in 2014-15. In 2015-16 it reached a new high of an operational profit of Rs.3.30 crore against a business turnover of Rs.123 crore.

West Bengal Chief minister Mamata Banerjee had taken huge initiatives to boost Bengal’s tant industry and the weavers. The Tant Sathi scheme has also been launched for the weavers. As a result, the newer platforms have been a blessing to them.