Indian Handloom

About 2,000 registrations issued under 'India Handloom' brand: Govt

About 2,000 registrations have been issued under the 'India Handloom' Brand for 184 product categories, the government said on Tuesday. The 'India Handloom' Brand was launched on August 7, 2015, on the occasion of the National Handloom Day, to brand high-quality handloom products with zero defects and no ill-effects on the environment. "Since the launch of the "India Handloom" Brand, 1,998 registrations have been issued under 184 product categories," the Ministry of Textiles said. The government has undertaken various measures for promoting the handloom sector. To provide end-to-end support for promotion of the sector and welfare of handloom workers, the Ministry of Textiles is implementing the National Handloom Development Programme and Raw Material Supply Scheme across the country, it said. Under the National Handloom Development Programme, financial assistance is provided to eligible handloom organisations/workers for upgraded looms and accessories, solar lighting units, ...

Khadi, handloom sales rising, creating job opportunities: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that Khadi Gramodyog's business has crossed Rs 1.5 lakh crore for the first time and asserted that the rising sales of Khadi and handloom were creating new job opportunities in large numbers. In his Mann Ki Baat monthly radio broadcast, Modi said many people who would not be using Khadi products earlier now wear them with great pride. "The Khadi Gramodyog's business has crossed Rs 1.5 lakh crore for the first time. Do you know how much sales of Khadi have gone up '400 per cent'. The rising sales of Khadi and handloom are creating new job opportunities in large numbers," he said. Mostly women are associated with this industry so they are benefitting the most, he added. "You must be having different types of clothes and till now if you have not bought khadi clothes then start buying them," Modi said. With the start of the Paris Olympics, the prime minister said the games give our athletes a chance to hoist the national flag at the ...

Govt to invest Rs 1,000 cr in handloom, handicraft sector in 5 years

An investment of Rs 1,000 crore is expected in the handloom and handicraft sector over the next four to five years, a senior official of the Union Textiles Ministry said on Thursday. Development Commissioner (Handicrafts), Ministry of Textiles, Amrit Raj said there are around 35 lakh artisans across the country and the government wants to do much more for the sector. She made the remarks during a visit to 'HGH India', a bi-annual trade show for home, gifts, and houseware, at the India Expo Mart and Centre in Greater Noida. "In the DC Handicrafts office, we are spending around Rs 300 crore a year on the sector. It's a huge sector. Though we try to give end-to-end support, we also try to focus more on the marketing component and the design innovation component because the artisans are skilled and they know their job," Raj said. "The only challenge is how to make it more market-friendly, like identifying the changing trends and changing needs of today's consumers. So, average that out

National Handloom Day 2023:All you need to know about India's rich heritage

India is known for its tremendously evolved handloom industry, being a strong pillar of the country's economy. Today, the Handloom Day remembers the Swadeshi Movement of 7th August 1905

Rajasthan govt lines up big plans for handicrafts, handloom industries

Various steps are being planned by the state government to give a boost to the sale of handloom, handicrafts and khadi products.

India to become Aatmanirbhar in silk production in two years: Smriti Irani

Union minister Smriti Irani on Sunday expressed confidence that India will become self-reliant or Aatmanirbhar in silk production in the next two years.The Minister for Textiles and Women and Child Development said the government aims to provide employment to over one crore people exclusively in the silk segment through the Krishi Vigyan Kendra programme according to a statement.She said that India's raw silk production increased by 35 per cent in the last six years.The Minister said that more than 90 lakh people have got employment in raw silk production.She made the statement while addressing a programme to announce a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Textiles Ministry and the Agriculture Ministry.On the eve of International Women's Day, the minister also distributed Buniyaad Reeling Machines to women silk reelers with an aim to eradicate unhygienic and obsolete thigh reeling practice.The Minister informed that 8000 women thigh reelers were identified for providing ...

Renowned fashion designer Satya Paul, who made the sari modern, dies at 79

Paul started his journey in retail in the late 1960s and later ventured into export of Indian handloom products to high-end retail stores in Europe and America

Handloom Day: PM asks people to be vocal for efforts of local artisans

National Handloom Day is observed every year on August 7 to recognise the contributions of the handloom weavers of the country

Has Indian handloom's newly acquired chic rubbed off on its weavers?

While the govt offers us subsidised resham through NHDC, the bureaucracy involved makes it unviable, said Hasin Mohammad