Nabard is aiming to develop the handloom sector, which they expect will also arrest large scale migration of small and agricultural laboure...

According to two senior government officials, the idea is to make sure that artisans can directly sell their products to consumers, eradica...

Flipkart Samarth programme has been playing a significant role in building capabilities within the rural and the underserved society of the...

About 40 artisans from across the state will be displaying their products for sale.

Funds for the project are being provided by Rural Electrification Corporation under a corporate social responsibility (CSR) programme, Kuma...

When textile designer N Bhushavali gifted a khadi kurta with ancient Grantha inscriptions on it to senior archaeologist R Nagaswamy, he was...

Flipkart will provide weavers in India online marketing platform, infrastructural support & customer acquisition to scale up their business.

In order to strike a balance between the diverse communities in Varanasi, AAP will focus on three major issues- river, weaver and sewer.

Textiles Ministry is working on a proposal to include handloom weavers under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA).

Khadi weavers and spinners across India will not be included under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, Parliament was i...

The scheme would provide for waiving of outstanding loan for sick handloom units to encourage weavers and cooperative societies to revitali...

Indefinite curfew was clamped after silk weavers observing a 12-hour bandh today defied prohibitory orders in this town in Kamrup (Rural) d...

NABARD has sanctioned an aid of Rs 60 crore to Andhra Pradesh State Cooperative Bank, to be used to refinance the handloom weaving sector i...

More than 2.5 lakh weavers - mostly Muslims - have become a key constituency with political parties aggressively reaching out to them ahead...

Taj hotels on Sunday said it has entered into an agreement with 25 master-weavers in Varanasi to use latter's handloom products for the uni...

TeNet, a research think-tank and technology incubator in IIT Madras, has kicked off a venture focused on generating rural entrepreneurs.

Despite the government’s stated intention of promoting the use of khadi, the number of people employed in the industry is declining every y...