Handlooms & Handicrafts
Handloom weaving is one of the richest and most vibrant aspects of the Indian cultural heritage
The major handloom clusters in India are in Varanasi, Godda, Shiva Sagar, Virudhunagar, Prakasam, Bhagalpur, Guntur and Trichy.
The handloom industry produced 8.01 billion sq.m of cloth in 2016-17 and provides employment to almost 4 mn people. It offers a wide range of textile products - both traditional and modern.
There are 744 handicraft clusters in India engaging nearly 2,12,000 artisans, offering more than 35,000 products. The major clusters are in Surat, Bareilly, Varanasi, Agra, Hyderabad, Lucknow, Chennai, Mumbai etc.
Various initiatives taken by the government are directed towards areas such as cluster development, availability of credit, promotion of exports, supporting environmental compliances, provisions of social welfare schemes for weavers, infrastructure development, availability of raw materials, brand building, marketing and R&D.
Seven Design Resource Centres(DRCs) have been set up in Weavers’ Service Centres (WSCs) at Delhi, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Varanasi, Guwahati, Bhubaneshwar and Mumbai with the objective to build and create design-oriented excellence in the Handloom Sector and to facilitate weavers, exporters, manufacturers and designers for creating new designs.
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The Ministry of Textiles through the Textile Committee provides information on the various schemes available for the textile sector. The schemes are aimed at providing wholistic benefits and growth opportunities to this sector.
These schemes are:
- Power-loom sector.
- Technology upgradation.
- Cluster development programme/ integrated textile parks.
- Integrated Skill Development Scheme.
- Technical Textiles
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The Ministry of Textiles through the Textile Committee provides information on the various schemes available for the textile sector. The schemes are aimed at providing wholistic benefits and growth opportunities to this sector.
These schemes are:
- Power-loom sector.
- Technology upgradation.
- Cluster development programme/ integrated textile parks.
- Integrated Skill Development Scheme.
- Technical Textiles
For more information, click here.
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The Ministry of Textiles through the Textile Committee provides information on the various schemes available for the textile sector. The schemes are aimed at providing wholistic benefits and growth opportunities to this sector.
These schemes are:
- Power-loom sector.
- Technology upgradation.
- Cluster development programme/ integrated textile parks.
- Integrated Skill Development Scheme.
- Technical Textiles
For more information, click here.
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The Ministry of Textiles through the Textile Committee provides information on the various schemes available for the textile sector. The schemes are aimed at providing wholistic benefits and growth opportunities to this sector.
These schemes are:
- Power-loom sector.
- Technology upgradation.
- Cluster development programme/ integrated textile parks.
- Integrated Skill Development Scheme.
- Technical Textiles
For more information, click here.
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The Export Promotion & Quality Assurance Division carries out functions under various Sections of The Textiles Committee Act, such as conducting technical studies in the textile industry, Promotion of textile exports, Establishing, adopting and recognizing standard specifications for textiles and packing materials, Specifying the type of quality control or inspection needs to be applied to textiles, providing training on the techniques of quality control to be applied to textiles etc.
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