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Warp and weft interspersed with vibrant colours resulting in exquisite well-crafted designs make handloom yardages unique canvases that are a seamless blend of ancient heritage and contemporary design.

The second largest income generating activity after agriculture in India, handlooms bind together threads of diversity making us aware of the distinct contribution of each region. Look at a handloom cloth and you can identify the place of its origin,history, culture and folklore.

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Prices of Shankar 6, the popular cotton variety used by mills, are ruling at around Rs 43,000 per candy (a candy is about 355 kgs). The landed cost for imported cotton of a similar variety works out to Rs 48,000-50,000 per candy. Especially in the export market, cotton prices are ruling lower than the international market giving mills the much needed momentum.

Related Keywords: collection was based on make in India textiles, handloom, handwoven warp-faced denim fabric using Ikat weaving technique from family run craft units in Telangana, India Runway Week, Jenjum Gadi, PHROZUH the cotton yarn, Textile

Shravan Gajam 'Indigoberry Ikat' spring / summer 2018 collection witnessed Ragini Khanna walking for the designer. An unprecedented collection of rags and accessories by Gajam, solely crafted from handwoven warp-faced denim fabric using Ikat weaving technique from family run craft units in Telangana, India.The finale was dedicated to handloom.

Related Keywords: chaired by Kirit Somaiya, desires Textiles Ministry, Finance Ministry, handicrafts, handloom, impose higher anti-dumping duty, impress upon Department of Revenue, powerloom, protect the domestic industry, reconsider GST structure for textiles, Report tabled in Parliament today, Standing Committee on Labour, wool and sericulture

In a report tabled in Parliament today, the Standing Committee on Labour chaired by Kirit Somaiya said that it desires the Textiles Ministry to impress upon the Department of Revenue/Finance Ministry to reconsider GST structure for textiles and impose higher anti-dumping duty to protect the domestic industry.

Related Keywords: apparels, handloom, inaugurated first of the Mini Factories, Menik Farm Village, part of new US $ 1.8 million national apparel initiative, self-employment, Sri Lanka Institute of Textile & Apparel, Sri Lankan Minister of Industry and Commerce, Sri Lankan refugee displacement village, under 150 Mini Apparel Factories Program, village level

Sri Lankan Minister of Industry and Commerce Rishad Bathiudeen inaugurated first of the Mini Factories under 150 Mini Apparel Factories Program by his Ministry in a Srilankan Menik Farm Village, one time Sri Lankan refugee displacement village.

As part of a new US $ 1.8 million national apparel initiative at village levels, the village has been brought back to life. The Rs 287 Mn (US $ 1.87 Mn) project aims at setting up 150 Mini Apparel Factories across the country in support of Unity government’s one million new employments program.

Related Keywords: assure work for three hundred days, bring back glory to ailing traditional sector, coming with a revival package, Directorate of Handlooms and Textiles, handloom, initial phase, Kerala state government, rope in traditional weavers

Kerala state government has come out with a revival package to bring back glory to its ailing traditional sector, Handloom. According to officials with the Directorate of Handlooms and Textiles, some 3,400 traditional weavers to be roped in during the initial phase will be assured work for 300 days.

The traditional weavers, who had been forced to go in search of greener pastures owing to lack of work and poor wages, would be wooed back and cooperative societies that closed shop would be persuaded to resume functioning.

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Handloom, besides being one of the most important cottage industry in the State of Manipur, is also one of the fast growing industries, having highest concentration of weavers and highest concentration regarding possession of looms in the country, said M Rajen Singh, Additional Director (Handloom) of Commerce & Industries Department, Government of Manipur.

As per the Handloom Census 2009-10, Manipur has 2.04 lakh handloom workers and 1.90 lakh looms.

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Commerce and Industries Department, Government of Manipur at the ongoing first Manipur Industrial Expo, 2016 with the active participation of about 600 enterpreneurs excluding 25 government department stalls, held at Lamboi Khongnangkhong, Imphal observed Textiles Day on the second day.

The ongoing expo is a platform to provide employment and generate income under the ‘Make in Manipur’ initiative, which aims to achieve the objective without any extra financial burden to the State.

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Duplicate versions of Geographical Indication (GI) registered handloom products are being manufactured by the mechanized sector of the textiles and are sold in market by some textile marketing companies hampering the niche market of these products , said the Textiles Ministry on Wednesday in a press release.

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Government units, especially textiles as one of their major brand building exercise and with India high on digitalization are tying up with ecommerce platforms to get a wider customer base globally. Many weaves from different states will now be made available on ecommerce platforms like Flipkart, eBay, Amazon, Snapdeal and others.