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Handloom, handicraft sector key employer but faces challengesIndia's vital handloom and handicraft sector, employing millions, grapples with low wages and limited market reach. A recent study highligh...
Exports diversification drive adds $202 million to kitty in FY26India's exports expanded significantly last fiscal year. New product and country combinations generated over $200 million in new trade. Shi...
70% of Indian goods to enter New Zealand duty-free under FTA: Piyush GoyalIndia and New Zealand will sign a significant trade agreement on April 27. This pact aims to boost bilateral trade and improve market acces...
Allcargo Logistics strengthens Varanasi handloom cluster with secure door-to-door and COD servicesThe company provides comprehensive logistics services, including door-to-door delivery and cash-on-delivery. This helps weavers and traders...
Export rule-breaking: A good many offences could soon see punishments reducedNew Jan Vishwas Bill: The proposed amendments reflect a broader policy push towards reducing criminal liability for business-related offenc...
PLI scheme for textiles being implemented nationwide: Ministry of TextilesThe government is implementing the PLI Scheme for textiles across India, including Odisha, allocating Rs 1,143 crore for companies meeting ...
A dying trade: Can the handloom sector stand up to the march of the machines?The handloom sector is a big employer, contributes a chunk to exports and is deeply ingrained with the rural economy. In the age of automat...
Govt forms panel for road map to quadruple handloom exports in 3 yearsThe committee has been set up amid textiles minister Piyush Goyal setting a target to raise handloom production to Rs 1.25 lakh crore from ...
Piyush Goyal calls for increasing handloom exports to Rs 10,000 cr in three years"Let us today all resolve collectively on this day that we will go for a Rs 10,000 crore target for exports of handloom products and a targ...
Covid-19 led to deviation in FY21 BE, expenditure for handloom: Govt to Parliament“There was also a fall in the number of viable proposals like marketing expos, subsidized yarn supply, etc., from the state governments and...
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.
NIFT, NID, others to revive packaging of 40 handloom productsWhile handloom industry is the second-largest employment provider in rural India after agriculture, the handicrafts sector accounts for a s...
GoCoop launches ILOVEHANDLOOMS campaign‘The recent ‘National Handloom Day’ announcement and the #MakeInIndia campaign by the government of India has given a major boost for the h...
India plans to open handloom stores abroadHandicrafts and Handloom Exports Corporation of India as well as Handloom Export Promotion Council are working in that direction, he said.
Handloom exports may rise by 30 per cent: MinisterThe handloom sector accounted for a share of 19 % of the total cloth produced and is the second largest employment provider after agricultu...
- Handloom industry to get a new lease of life
The handloom industry is the second-largest economic activity in the country, after agriculture, a means to survival for close to 12.4 mill...
- Here's branding Indian handloom
A government appointed panel on textile industry on Wednesday invited stakeholders to go in for 'Handloom Mark' registration under the 'Gre...