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Related Keywords: MGNREGA scheme, motivate artisans, Narendra Modi, proposal to PM, Santosh Gangwar, textile sector, Union Minister of Textiles, Weavers

Union Minister for Textiles (Independent charge) Santosh Gangwar has put up a written proposal requesting the Prime Minister Narendra Modi to connect the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) scheme with the Textile Ministry. The objective of the proposal is to develop basic amenities in the localities of artisans and weavers to motivate them to continue their traditional work.

Related Keywords: artisans of Manipuri handloom, Buyer and seller meet 2015, Commerce and industries minister, designers, Govindas Konthoujam, Integrated Handlooms Development Scheme, Moirang Phee and Wangkhei Phee, Saphee Lanphee, state handloom products, uniforms for students and employees, Weavers

Commerce and Industries minister Govindas Konthoujam at inauguration of `Buyers and Sellers Meet 2015’ held yesterday announced that the state government plans to soon introduce State handloom products as uniforms of school students and its employees. The meet has been organized to help weavers, designers and artisans of Manipuri handloom increase their income. Similar meets will also be organized in the other districts soon.

Related Keywords: Banarsi Saree, DC handlooms, e-commerce, Flipkart, Ministry of Textiles, Shopping Online, Varanasi, Weavers

Flipkart, e-commerce portal in association with DC handlooms, Ministry of Textiles has decided to launch of an exclusive online store for Banarasi sarees. This store will focus on creating a national platform for the weavers to showcase their unique craftsmanship.

Related Keywords: Berhampur, Berhampur Pata Handloom Weaver’s Welfare Association, government scheme, Kalsh designs, silk saris, the silk city, Weavers

Berhampur nicknamed as the silk city is one of the oldest and largest cities of Odisha famous for its pure silk saris with unique ‘Kalash’ designs despite of good demand throughout Odisha, the production level of Berhampuri silk saris is declining fast as the silk sari weavers are gradually leaving the traditional occupation owing to less income.

Related Keywords: 41 agencies across 11 states, buyer and weaver, Chanderi saris, exhibition cum sale, kalamkari print, Muga tassar, National Handloom Development Corporation, Silk Fab, traditional kantha stitch, variety of textile, Weavers

Silk Fab exhibition-cum-sale 2015 kicked off to a great start at Novotel Hotel at Visakhapatnam on Saturday with more than 60 stalls exhibiting a wide variety of textiles from 41 agencies across 11 states, including four weavers who won national awards for design. The exhibition aims to bridge the gap between buyers and weavers by bringing the latter closer to the customers.

The exhibition-cum-sale of silk handloom fabrics is being jointly organised under the aegis of the Development Commissioner of Handlooms, Ministry of Textiles, and the National Handloom Development Corporation.

Related Keywords: boost handloom industry, leaving skills, MNREGS, Santosh Gangwar, textile artisans, textile sector, Union Minister for Textiles, Weavers

The centre plans to extend the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MNREGS) to textile artisans. The move aims to support artisans who are leaving the skills and joining the unskilled labour force, as the latter provides better wages. It is a step to boost to the handloom industry in India.

Santosh Gangwar, Union minister for textiles said that they are considering extending the MNREGS to the handloom weavers and artisans of the textile sector, so that they or their younger generation are not forced to take up jobs under MNREGS which offers better wages.

Related Keywords: boost sales, domestic and international market, handloom agencies, Handloom Marketing complex, handloom products, Indian handloom sector, marketing outlet, Minister of state for textiles, new textile policy, Santosh Kumar, Weavers

The Minister of State for Textiles (Independent Charge), Santosh Kumar Gangwar Thursday inaugurated the Handloom Marketing complex at Janpath in New Delhi, with a view to create a permanent marketing outlet that will enable handloom agencies to boost their sales as well as also make available quality handloom products to the perceptive consumers.

Related Keywords: Diwali Festival, Federation of Gujarat Weavers Association, FOSTTA, man-made fibric industry, textile traders, Weavers

Textile traders and weavers have collectively decided to implement the form system to curb the rising cases of defaults in the country's biggest man-made fabric (MMF) industry.

If a trader in the textile market wishes to buy unfinished fabrics from weavers, he will have to fill in his phone number, address proof and other details in a form and also provide a passport-sized photograph to them.

Related Keywords: Directorate for Handloom Products, exhibition, handloom products, Manipur handloom day, Minister of Commerce and Industries, Textile Industry, Weavers

The 15th Handloom day was celebrated in Manipur yesterday, the celebration was attended by Minister of Commerce and Industries Govindas Konthoujam. Manipur was the front runner in promoting textile industries in the north east.
 
'The North East Textile Promotion Scheme was launched last year to promote handloom products of North East in which state Manipur took the main initiative said Minister Govindas while speaking on the occasion of observing the Handloom Day at GM Hall.
 

Related Keywords: expo-cum-sale, handloom, machinery, powerloom, quality, silk weavers, special ‘aadi’, Tamil Nadu state, Weavers, weavers cooperative societies

The Tamil Nadu state has nearly 2.69 lakh weavers, the government keen on welfare of weavers has planned to provide machineries to improve the proficiency of weavers and raise the quality of their products.
 
State minister for handloom and textiles S Gokula Indira on Tuesday after inaugurating the special ‘aadi’ in Madurai said that this year the government is keen on distributing 25,000 pirn winding machines and 2,500 pneumatic lifting machines to weavers. The machines would go a long way in improving the working conditions of the weavers.