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NABARD celebrates National Handloom DayThe event, co-chaired by M Beena and Shaji K V, convened government officials, financial institutions, and industry representatives to disc...13 Aug, 2025, 02.08 PM IST- Electricity, wood usage, chemical inputs top sources of carbon footprint in India’s handloomsA recent report highlights the carbon footprint of India's handloom sector. The report identifies electricity consumption, wood usage and c...06 Aug, 2025, 07.41 PM IST
- Delhi govt proposes 5-fold increase in financial assistance to students pursuing handloom trainingThe Delhi government plans to significantly increase financial aid for students at the Indian Institute of Handloom Technology, Jodhpur. Th...01 Jun, 2025, 07.31 PM IST
- 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 ...20 Aug, 2021, 08.43 PM IST
- Ten more design resource centres being set up by NIFT: Textile MinistrySuch design centres have already been established at weavers' service centres in Delhi, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Bhubaneshwar, Guwahati, Jaipur a...16 Aug, 2021, 04.52 PM IST
- Budget wishlist: Telangana seeks funds for textile, handloom developmentRequesting the union minister to establish a Mega Powerloom Cluster at Sircilla under Comprehensive Powerloom Cluster Development Scheme (C...24 Dec, 2020, 06.25 PM IST
- Weavers’ service centres upgradation, new scheme to connect weavers with market on anvil: Textiles ministry"There are 28 Weaver Service Centres in India. We had asked students of NIFT to upgrade them with respect to marketing and research,” Irani...07 Aug, 2020, 01.57 PM IST
- VisionNxt initiative to help handloom sector make products as per market requirement: Textiles MinisterTextiles Minister Smriti Zubin Irani Tuesday launched three projects of National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) including VisionNXT...05 Mar, 2019, 02.56 PM IST
- 30 per cent of weavers family members don't go to school: Smriti Irani"Rs 10 lakh has been sanctioned to NIOS for conducting the survey in connection with the designing of courses exclusively for handloom weav...23 Mar, 2017, 01.48 PM IST
- 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.19 Apr, 2016, 08.46 PM IST
- 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...05 Apr, 2016, 03.17 PM IST
- Common Facility Centres to help 1 lakh weavers upgrade skills: Santosh GangwarUnion Textiles Minister Santosh Gangwar today laid the foundation stone of seven handloom common facility centres here, which will help one...13 May, 2015, 08.09 PM IST
- Rs 35 cr handloom institute to be set up in MachilipatnamRao said the central government has decided to abolish the outstandings of handloom weavers' loans, including interest.03 Jan, 2014, 11.52 AM IST
- Handloom Tarining Institute to come up in West BengalThe handloom industry in West Bengal is all set to get a boost. A handloom training institute is likely to be soon set up in Nadia district...09 Dec, 2011, 04.14 PM IST
- Handloom Tarining Institute to come up in West BengalThe handloom industry in West Bengal is all set to get a boost. A handloom training institute is likely to be soon set up in Nadia district...09 Dec, 2011, 03.49 PM IST
- West Bengal to come up with new textile policyMr Manas Bhunia on Friday announced that the state government is coming up with a textile policy which will prove beneficial for the MSMEs.11 Nov, 2011, 04.55 PM IST
- Handloom industry to get a new lease of lifeThe handloom industry is the second-largest economic activity in the country, after agriculture, a means to survival for close to 12.4 mill...31 May, 2007, 04.17 AM IST
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