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ONDC users can now buy CCIC handicrafts, handloom productsThe corporation's collaboration with ONDC signifies CCIC's commitment to expanding its market presence and making its exquisite range of ha...
Govt in process to get Cabinet nod for mega textile park scheme, Parliament toldTextiles minister Smriti Zubin Irani also told Rajya Sabha that the proposal for closure of British India Corporation Ltd. (BICL) is in the...
PM Narendra Modi inaugurates 'Ekta Mall', visits J&K, north-east stallsThe mall, developed on the theme of Unity in Handicraft & Handloom Diversity, is spread across 35,000 square feet near the 182-metre tall S...
Handicrafts, handloom boards wound up as no contribution to policy making: Smriti IraniIrani said the government has registered 1,590 products under ‘India Handloom Brand’ that promotes the production of niche handloom product...
Social enterprises looking at innovative ways to revive handloom sector post-lockdownThe fear of the unknown is the lived reality of the handloom industry in India. Handloom is the second largest employment provider in the c...
Disbanding the boards: After handloom, powerloom board scrapped by governmentAs per the gazette notification the decisions are cited to be in line — as was said in the case of the handicrafts and handloom boards — wi...
India needs to reposition handloom sector and look at larger consumption market: Smriti IraniThe Minister reiterated the need for youngsters to retain the craft through use of available design technology so as to reduce the challeng...
Maharashtra State Handlooms Corporation signs MoU with Amazon India to launch handloom brand onlineAmazon India said that the MoU will have an impact on the work of over 600 weavers from 17 villages of Maharashtra.
Stalin calls PM 'liar' for not honouring 2014 poll promisesModi had assured to provide two crore jobs annually which means a total of 10 crore jobs in five years, but he has failed on that count, St...
Is handmade butter a handicraft item? GST council to meet soon to fix new anomalyA committee, set up by the council, has proposed a reduction in GST rate on the jobwork for handicraft items to 5%.
West Bengal Khadi Board join hands with Italy to exhibit some iconic traditional handloomThe formalities for holding the exhibition were completed recently after the Italian consul-general in Kolkata met the chairman of the Khad...
Haryana extends incentives for weaver's and artisanCapt. Abhimanyu said that all artisans and weavers of the State, who have obtained weavers identity card or artisans photo identity card is...
Government working to increase wages of skilled handloom weavers: Santosh Kumar GangwarGangwar said the Budget utilisation for the sector in 2015-16 was Rs 591 crore, which is 25 per cent higher than the previous year.
Central Cottage Industries Corporation, Textiles Ministry ink pact to promote and market productsIt also aims to help the CCIC generate adequate returns on net worth and to manage trading activities so as to optimise sales earnings and ...
Textile Minister K S Rao chairs first meeting of Handloom BoardTextiles Minister K S Rao chaired the first meeting of the reconstituted All India Handloom Board and discussed measures taken to boost the...
- Coir exports up 25.64 pc, touch Rs 804 cr in 2009-10
Coir exports touched Rs 804 crore in 2009-10, surpassing the Rs 700-crore target for the fiscal.
- Maran hopeful of sorting out TN textile dyeing units' woes
The Union textile Ministry is hopeful of finding a lasting solution to the long pending effluent discharge problem faced by the dyeing unit...
- Jharkhand to equip weavers with latest techniques
The Jharkhand government plans to equip the weavers of Jharkhand with latest techniques in order to improve the quality of handicraft produ...
- Co-optex looms in on higher income bracket
Co-optex, the over 70-year-old brand is leaving no stone unturned to change the perception about it being a poor man’s cloth.
- Handloom credit may get cheaper
The government is considering a reduction in the rate of interest on the credit available to the handloom sector at par with the agricultur...