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Handloom weavers strive due to inadequate wages and lack of funds

Bangladesh handloom industry, a major source of earning for many rural people, is facing tough time. The handloom weavers are…

9 years ago

Handloom weavers urges government to establish an exclusive bank

To revive the handloom industry and protect the interests of weavers, the Weavers’ Protection Committee are wanting separate bank to…

9 years ago

Zambian handloom weavers being trained at IIHT in Salem, India

Zambian handloom weaver received training at the Indian Institute of Handloom Technology (IIHT) in Salem on textile design, block printing,…

9 years ago

Telangana govt to come out with a separate policy to help handloom weavers overcome hardship

Telangana has some of the famous handloom centres in the country, but the weavers there are facing hardship. Keeping this…

10 years ago

Banks not avid to extend loan to handloom weavers

The Textiles Ministry, Santosh Gangwar to urge its Finance counterpart to fix a sub-target for the handloom sector under priority…

10 years ago

Handloom weavers to be included under NREGA

Handloom weaving, the centuries-old art is dying a slow death because weavers are unable to make ends meet. The number…

10 years ago

Handloom weavers to go on a nationwide satyagraha

The All-India Federation of Handloom Organisations (AIFHO) has launched a nationwide satyagraha. It would begin at Gajendragad of Gadag district…

10 years ago

Weavers’ Service Centre to serve as one stop centre for handloom weavers

The Union Textiles Minister Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani, on the eve of third National Handloom Day, inaugurated a camp for…

7 years ago

Plans to set up Handloom Bazaar at Rs 1 cr for Srikakulam weavers

As weavers are currently losing business due to poor marketing facility for their products, it is seen that many weavers…

7 years ago

State plans to open 12 new textile clusters to encourage handloom and weavers

Textile Minister K T Rama Rao announced that the state government has plans to open 12 new textile clusters to…

7 years ago