The Union Minister of Textiles, Government of India, Smriti Zubin Irani, in the august presence of Minister of State for Textiles, Government of India, Ajay Tamta and. Meenakshi Lekhi, Honble Member of Parliament, inaugurated the Mega Exhibition-cum-Sale at Handloom Haat, Janpath, in New Delhi. T…
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Handicraft exports see 8.46% increase in 2015-16: Smriti Irani
India’s handicraft exports have increased by more than 8 per cent during the last fiscal, touching nearly Rs 31,000 crore, Textiles Minister Smriti Irani said in Lok Sabha. “According to the provisional data available, the exports of handicrafts have shown an increase of Rs 2,414.79 c…
New model formulated under MUDRA scheme for handloom sector: Textiles Secretary
The Ministry of Textiles has set a target of extending MUDRA loans to five lakh handloom weavers in the next three years. This was announced by Union Textiles Secretary, Rashmi Verma, at a national workshop on MUDRA scheme for handloom weavers and artisans, organized by Office of Development Comm…
“First Home of India Handloom Brand Products” exhibition cum sale inaugurated
“I want to take India Handloom Brand to the entire country. In order to make handloom products more popular in the current scenario, it becomes imperative to produce good quality, defect-free handloom fabrics with good colour-fastness that do not contain harmful dyes. There is also a need t…
Bangla ban on raw jute export hits Bengal jute mills hard
The over Rs 8,000 crore jute industry, which has been passing through a demand crisis and subsequent closures at the mills level, is also being hit hard by imposition of ban on export of raw jute by the Bangladesh government, said top Indian Jute Mills Association (IJMA) officials. The ban has l…
Govt. gives ERP edge to Handloom Corporation under Digital India
In line with the Digital India initiative, National Handloom Development Corporation Ltd. (NHDC) has decided to implement Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system for its commercial activities for the benefit of Handloom weavers. The ERP system will improve productivity, increase efficiency, dec…