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Dezire of India is the theme of the Expo of traditional pure silk and cotton products

Related Keywords: academics and environmentalists, artisans, cotton and creations of the weavers, designers, Dezire of India, exquisite traditional skill, handloom exhibition, handmade cotton, National Small Industries Corporation, Silk Dezire of India, silk wear and exclusive home textile, social activists, traditional pure silk and cotton products

The Silk Dezire of India was founded by a group of artisans, designers, social activists, academics and environmentalists, attempting to promote exquisite traditional skill, cotton and creations of the weavers and encouraging them to be contemporary and economically relevant. The Expo will be on till 3rd July.

The Organizer of the exibition, Suresh Kumar said that the main objective of the handloom exhibition was to promote weavers and encourage and provide a market to the handloom industry.

Textile ministry announces welfare measures for SC category workers

Related Keywords: artisans, belonging to schedule caste category, entrepreneurs, group insurance scheme, handloom and handicraft sector, higher subsidy to upgrade for powerloom under the modified scheme, jute and sericulture workers, National Jute Manufacturers Corporation, number of welfare measures, powerloom workers free of cost, Textile Ministry, weaves

The textile ministry announced number of welfare measures for weavers, artisans, jute and sericulture workers, and entrepreneurs belonging to the Scheduled Caste (SC) category on Wednesday.

A group insurance scheme has also been decided for the powerloom workers free of cost and will bear the maximum financial burden of such a scheme. The government will bear the weaver’s share of Rs 80 completely, taking its own share to Rs 370 per weaver, out of the total premium of Rs 470 per weaver. The remaining Rs 100 per weaver will continue to be paid from the Social Security Fund of LIC.

Gujarat to sign deals with Flipkart and Snapdeal to put handicrafts online

Related Keywords: artisans, Bandhanis, brand name, Flipkart, for handicrafts and handloom, Garvi Gurjari, generat revenue, GSHHDC, Gujarat State, hand-blocked printing, online shopping portals, Snapdeal, strike deals

Gujarat will be the first state to strike deals with commercial online portals to encourage its handicrafts. As the Gujarat State Handloom and Handicrafts Development Corporation (GSHHDC) are in advanced stage of entering into an agreements with Flipkart and Snapdeal.

Gujarat handloom and handicrafts like Patolas, Bandhanis, hand-blocked printing and variety of products from the desert district of Kutch under the brand name Garvi Gurjari will be sold online.

India handicraft, handloom sectors needs more attention for its future development

Related Keywords: artisans, handicraft sector, handloom sector, Sant Kabir Awards, Shilp Guru Awards, Weavers

The Indian President, Pranab Mukherjee in his address after presenting the National Awards, Shilp Guru Awards and Sant Kabir Awards to weavers and artisans for the year 2011 in New Delhi on Tuesday said that an intensive and collective step at multiple levels needs to be taken to safeguard the future of handicrafts and handlooms sectors.
 

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