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New Schemes Announced For Handloom, Textile, Khadi Industries in TN
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New Schemes for Handloom, Textile, Khadi Industries in TN

Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa in support of handloom, handicraft, textile and khadi industries on Tuesday unveiled new schemes. Also steps would be taken to boost ‘Poompuhar’ for which an Integrated Development and Promotion of Handicrafts scheme would be launched soon. She said that the six cooperative mills in the State, modernized at Rs. 175.23 crore, […]

TN State to offer 50% Subsidy for setting up Mini Textile Parks
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TN State to offer 50% Subsidy for setting up Mini Textile Parks

At a group meeting of about 20 entrepreneurs engaged in handlooms and textile business, Collector S. Natarajan addressing the group said that the state government has offered to bear 50 per cent of the total cost for creating infrastructure facilities such as laying of roads, sewage treatment plant, captive power plant and telecommunication, if they […]

Odisha Govt to Organize Investors' Meet at Surat
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Odisha Govt to Organize Investors’ Meet at Surat

The Spinfede under the handlooms, textiles and handicrafts department of Odisha to organize an investors’ meet to attract Gujarati entrepreneurs to the Odisha textile sector on September 16 at Surat. The event would be the first of its kind to be organized by the department. About 100 investors from Gujarat are likely to participate in […]

MSME Sector In Mauritius Has A Great Potential For Skill Development
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MSME Sector in Mauritius Has a Great Potential for Skill Development

“Relations with Mauritius is high on the agenda of his government,” Kalraj Mishra, minister of MSME said during the interaction with Mauritius delegation headed by their finance minister, Pravind Jugnauth. During the discussion, Mishra said his ministry will work towards establishing tool rooms and technology centers to help skill people in specific sectors. He also […]

'Modern Indian Women Must Own Handloom': Anita Dongre
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‘Modern Indian Women Must Own Handloom’: Anita Dongre

Indian fashion designer Anita Dongre said modern Indian women should have handloom fabrics in their wardrobes. “Every modern Indian woman today must own few pieces of handloom and handmade in India, she must do that,” Anita Dongre said. Emphasising the use of handmade textiles, the designer said handcraft plays a huge role in her designs. […]

Amazon To Help Boost Handloom Sales
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Amazon To Help Boost Handloom Sales

Global e-commerce major Amazon’s Indian arm has entered into a partnership with Development Commissioner Handloom of the union textiles ministry to educate, train and enable cooperatives and weavers to directly sell their products on the portal. The partnership allows the e-commerce player to engage with weavers in Kota in Rajasthan, Nadia in West Bengal, Bargarh […]

Odisha To Set Up 19 CFC To Boost Handloom
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Odisha To Set Up 19 CFC To Boost Handloom

The Odisha government will set up 19 common facility centres at different weaving clusters to give a fresh lease of life to handloom and handicraft sector. The centres will help weavers and craftsmen incorporate new and innovative designs in their work in tune with the market demand, joint secretary, handlooms, textiles and handicrafts department, Raja […]

Top Handlooms Showroom In Mumbai
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Top Handlooms Showroom In Mumbai

Television actor Dayanand Shetty has inaugurated “The First Home of India Handloom Brand Products” at Central Cottage Industries Corporation of India Ltd. (CCIC) in Mumbai. CCIC is collaborating with the office of development commissioner (handloom) in promoting and marketing the India Handloom Brand products by which customers will get authentic and good quality products drawn […]

Andhra Pradesh To Boost Handloom
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Andhra Pradesh To Boost Handloom

The Andhra Pradesh government has proposed the ministry of textiles to set up eight handloom clusters in Krishna district of the state to boost the handloom industry under the National Handloom Development Programme (NHDP). Each of the proposed clusters would be equipped with infrastructure to directly cover at least 300 handloom weavers and provide indirect […]

The Andhra Pradesh government will continue its support to both handlooms as well as power looms for which it has sanctioned Rs70 crore to setup a mega cluster for comprehensive development of handlooms in Guntur and Prakasam districts. At the inauguration of the National Handlooms Expo, state’s textile and handlooms minister, Kollu Ravindra reminded that chief minister, NChandrababu Naidu had already waived Rs110 crore worth loans to weavers in spite of the state being in financial crisis. He said the government has released Rs5.33 crore for 20 percent subsidy on purchasing yarn, colors and chemicals for 171 handloom cooperative societies. Further, Rs4 crore has been sanctioned for ‘PavalaVaddi’ loans to 166 handloom cooperative societies through APCOB. The government has also been providing power at 50 percent subsidy to power looms and till date Rs7.02 crore has been paid to power utilities. Till date, government has also facilitated 15 district level handloom expos, five special handloom expos and two national-level exhibitions including the current one. Such exhibitions provide an opportunity for the weavers to expand their market and sell their products. The National Handlooms expo will continue till January.
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AP Govt For Handloom Development

The Andhra Pradesh government will continue its support to both handlooms as well as power looms for which it has sanctioned Rs70 crore to setup a mega cluster for comprehensive development of handlooms in Guntur and Prakasam districts. At the inauguration of the National Handlooms Expo, state’s textile and handlooms minister, Kollu Ravindra reminded that […]

Dying Textile Sector In Maharashtra To See Revival
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Dying Textile Sector In Maharashtra To See Revival

A delegation of big textile industrialists met Maharashtra Chief Minister, Devendra Fadnavis and sought subsidies in power tariff on high-intensity operating machinery in their powerlooms. In the state, the government has given power subsidy to small and medium powerloom operations and handloom sectors, those units which operate on high intensity big machinery to produce yarn […]

Handloom Products Launched At IITF 2015
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Handloom Products Launched At IITF 2015

The textile ministry during the 35th edition of India International Trade Fair (IITF 2015) held at Pragati Maidan, on November 14, launched brand made its market debut with handloom products from registered sellers. Eleven handloom organisations and cooperative societies displayed sarees, stoles, shawls and fabrics tagged with the brand’s logo and a label certifying their […]

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