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Silk Fab’, the exhibition-cum-sale of silk handloom fabrics is an initiative of the office of Development Commissioner for Handlooms, Ministry of Textiles, Government of India through National Handloom Development Corporation (NHDC) Limited to provide direct access to the handloom weavers to market their products to consumers in various cities of India. The exhibition enables an interface between weavers and consumers.

Related Keywords: Handloom weavers, nationalized banks, powerloom industry, state industries and commerce, waiver scheme

According to the recent statement of state industries and commerce minister of Telangana, KT Rama Rao, the Telangana government will spend Rs 10.10 crore in the scheme to free around 2,500 handloom weavers from debt.

The scheme helps to waive farmers’ loans up to Rs 1 lakh and loans taken by handloom weavers from nationalised banks and district cooperative central banks as working capital for production of handloom products from January 2014 to March 2017.

Related Keywords: Bengaluru-headquartered Central Silk Board, board technical support, Chennimalai belt, CSB, develop new, development and commercialisation, entered into an agreement, Erode based Five P Venture India Private Ltd, handloom silk products, Handloom weavers, niche products, not ventured into this far, revive heritage skills, Silk a niche fibre

Erode-based Five P Venture India Private Ltd has entered into an agreement with Bengaluru-headquartered Central Silk Board (CSB) for development and commercialisation of handloom silk products. Silk is a niche fibre, which they have not ventured into this far.

With the board’s technical support, they will be able to develop new, niche products, said Bharathi Chinnuswamy Chief Exective, adding “this development (referring to the MoU with CSB) could also help revive the heritage skills of the handloom weavers in Chennimalai belt.

Related Keywords: boost sales of Venkatagiri saree, elaborate zari work, failed to improve marketing, gold and silver borders, hand-woven saree, Handloom weavers, introduce exclusive weavers website, made of pure cotton, planning to start online trading, utilizing prestigious Geographical Identification tag

Handloom weavers are planning to start online trading to boost sales of Venkatagiri saree having failed to improve marketing utilizing the prestigious Geographical Identification tag which was awarded in 2011-12. They are now using whatsapp and other applications for exchanging models and getting orders.

Only commercial websites who buy sarees from the traders are grabbing orders. Now the weavers/local traders are planning to introduce an exclusive weavers’ website www.venkatagirihandloo ms.com for online activity shortly for boosting sales

Related Keywords: an online portal, dedicated to textile industry, First North East Investors Summit, handicraft artisans, Handloom weavers, launched India Handmade Bazaar, provide direct market access facility, weavers and artisans to enter information about products, Weavers Service Centre and Marketing Centre

At the first North East Investors' Summit dedicated to textile industry jointly organized jointly by the Ministry of Textiles and the Ministry of DoNER, in Shillong which started on Sunday. On the occasion, the Union Textiles Minister Smriti Irani launched 'India Handmade Bazaar', an online portal, that will provide direct market access facility to handloom weavers and handicraft artisans.

Related Keywords: Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Ltd, Garment Manufacturing, Handloom weavers, launch collection of handloom shirts, men fashion garments market, Menswear brand Peter England, Ministry of Textiles, partnership with India Handloom Brand, promote high quality handloom products

Menswear brand Peter England owned by Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Ltd (ABFRL) in partnership with India Handloom Brand (IHB), launched on Monday a collection of handloom shirts from its stores across India, a government initiative to promote high quality handloom products.

Related Keywords: Handloom weavers, insurance cover, Textile Ministry

The ministry of textiles plans to increase the insurance cover for handloom weavers, a sector that is on the government radar for occupation creation, more than three-fold in some cases. The Mahatma Gandhi Bunkar Bima Yojana provides insurance to handloom weavers in the case of natural and accidental death and total and partial disability.

The ministry has proposed increasing the cover for accidental death from Rs 1.5 lakh to Rs 4 lakh. In case of natural death, benefit may be raised to Rs 2 lakh from Rs 60,000 now.

Related Keywords: Designer Vaishali Shadangule, Handloom weavers, known for fusing western wear, open opportunity for entire community of Indian textile makers, present collection at the New York Fashion Week, showcase the brands new Spring Summer collection, titled And Quiet Flows the Thread, under the label Vaishali S, with traditional hand-crafted textiles

Designer Vaishali Shadangule known for fusing western wear with traditional hand-crafted textiles to present her collection at the New York Fashion Week for the very first time. The Designer is all set to showcase the brand's new Spring Summer 2017 collection aptly titled 'And Quiet Flows the Thread' under the label Vaishali S.

Showcasing its SS'17 collection at New York Fashion Week, on 8th September 2016 will be Vaishali S's first step towards building the bridge between India's century old hand weaving tradition and introducing it to the world, Shadangule said.

Related Keywords: common facility center, fast growing cottage industry, financial assistance, Govt of Manipur, handloom cooperative societies, handloom sector, Handloom weavers, highest concentration of weavers, highest concentration on possession of loom, new loom for loomless, reform and restructuring package, skill upgradation, under DDHPY scheme

Handloom is the most important and fast growing cottage industry in the state Manipur having highest concentration of weavers and also highest concentration on the possession of loom in the country. With the above potential, various promotional, development and welfare schemes has be implemented for the better earning and wellbeing of weavers of Manipur.

Related Keywords: approached the rural development ministry afresh, average daily income, below the mandatory wage, extension of rural job scheme, Handloom weavers, Job scheme MGNREGS, largest job provider after agriculture, only silk farming covered, seeking extension to entire textile and garment sector, Textile Ministry, weavers are not unskilled workers

At present, within the textile sector, only silk farming is covered under the job scheme (MGNREGS) under which workers are provided the mandatory wage in the range of Rs159-241 day, depending on states and Union territories, for 100 days a year. However, the ministry has been seeking the extension of the MGNREGS to the entire textile and garment sector, which employs some 45 million people and is the largest job provider after agriculture.