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Irani to set up a national helpline for weavers soon

Union textile minister Smriti Irani at the second National Handloom Day celebrations at Swatantrata Bhavan, Banaras Hindu University on Sunday…

8 years ago

iShippo.com joins Textile Ministry to bring global market at weavers doorstep

India Handloom Brand under Ministry of Textile - Government of India is opening up to change, focusing on sustainable growth…

8 years ago

Scale up in concessional loans for handloom weavers

The Textile Ministry has decided to rope in large public sector banks such as the United Bank, UCO Bank, Canara…

8 years ago

AP govt finalizes debt waiver norms for weavers

The Andhra Pradesh government finalizes the debt waiver norms for handloom and powerloom weavers. The programme would cover loans disbursed…

9 years ago

Textiles ministry makes effort in include handloom weavers in the MGNREGS

At present, within the textile sector, only silk farming is covered under the job scheme (MGNREGS) under which workers are…

9 years ago

Ministry of Textile to set up CFCs to promote handloom weavers

Government to promote handloom and indigenous textile industry and to stay in the competitive global market has taken a well…

9 years ago

Assam govt takes initiative to create market linkage for weavers

Government of Assam state is taking up a lot of initiatives to improve the socio-economic condition of weavers, including creating…

10 years ago

India coming up with first yarn bank to support powerloom weavers

The Union ministry of textiles to provide powerloom weavers yarn at concessional rate has formed two special purpose vehicles (SPVs)…

10 years ago

MNREGS likely to be extended artisans and weavers of the textile sector

The centre plans to extend the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MNREGS) to textile artisans. The move aims…

10 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