The Centre is set to make public the findings of the report made by Sharda Prasad committee, which was formed by the government to re-evaluate the National Skill Development Mission. The committee has reportedly advised the skill development ministry to not only drastically reduce the number of s…
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Handicrafts exports from Northeast poised for quantum jump
India’s north-eastern states, one of the richest in terms of eco-friendly crafts, exported handicrafts and handloom products to the tune of Rs 1,121.75 crore during the year 2015-16. The eight north-eastern states – Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland, Sikk…
North East Investors’ Summit is an attempt to promote the rich textiles of NER: Smriti Irani
The Union Textiles Minister Smriti Zubin Irani inaugurated the 1st North East Investors’ Summit, organized jointly by the Ministry of Textiles and the Ministry of DoNER, at the State Convention Centre, in Shillong on January 29th & 30th 2017. In her inaugural address, the Textiles Minister sa…
Centre pumps Rs 820 cr in NE sericulture industry
Shillong: Union Textile Minister Smriti Irani announced infusion of Rs 820 crore in sericulture in the North East region to boost employment opportunities to nearly four lakh families of which 70 per cent are women. “The Government of India is in a position to support sericulture in the reg…
Khadi weavers display their wares in Chennai
Chennai: Some of the finest khadi weaving communities of the country have set up shop in the city in an effort to bring attention to the dying handloom industry. On January 6, national award winning Director Vetrimaran and actors Rohini and Revathi inaugurated at Hotel Savera a three-day exhibiti…
Dastkari Haat to mark 60 yrs of Indo-Iran cultural ties
A colourful melange of handloom, pottery and textile will mark 60 years of Indo-Iran cultural ties at the upcoming Dastkari Haat Craft Bazaar. For the 31st edition of the annual festival, which begins on the New Year, Dastkari Haat Samiti will be showcasing works of nine Iranian crafts person and…
Textile units told to register online & provide production data
From January, all units across the textile value chain, except handloom, khadi and jute, will have to register online and provide data on production. According to a senior official in the Ministry of Textiles, the information will be collected, not for regulation, but for the development of the t…
Rise & fall of the Banarasi handloom sari
In 1968, 21-year-old Ashok Dhawan, on the verge of joining his family’s wholesale business of Banarasi saris in Varanasi, was asked by his father to go sight-seeing. From Agra’s Taj Mahal and Fatehpur Sikri to other places known for Mughal monuments, Dhawan was to observe the finer points of the …
Kerala govt permits Rs 85 cr for handloom sector to offer free uniform to students
The state government has approved Rs 85 crore in the first phase for production of 1.30 crore metre of Handloom cloth by State Industries to offer uniform free of cost to the government aided school students of class one to eight. Announcing this, new Industries Minister AC Moideen said that the …
Tamil Nadu’s handloom industry weaves its way around demonetisation to stay in business
For the first time in his 50 years as a silk handloom weaver in Kancheepuram, D Parthasarathy collected his wages from the bank. Last week, he took his friend along with him to help him withdraw money from the ATM. “I don’t know how to use the ATM, so I need to ask someone to […]
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