Weavers

Decision on special corporation for development of weavers soon: CM Bommai

He said the government has hiked the financial assistance to the weavers under the Nekar Sanman scheme to Rs 5,000

150k handloom agencies, weavers, 26,644 artisans on-boarded on GeM portal

The Ministry of Textiles has taken steps to onboard weavers and artisans on the Govt e-Marketplace (GeM) to enable them to sell their products directly to various govt departments and organizations

Stuck in time warp, UP's carpet hub refuses to be swept under the rug

An industry, unravelling: Work is demanding, pay just enough

Amazon to host 'Handicrafts Mela' from Sept 26 to support artisans, weavers

Over 800,000 artisans and weavers associated with 1,500 Amazon Karigar sellers and 17 government emporiums including Tantuja, Harit Khadi, Tribes India will benefit from this mela

For weavers, wait for govt relief continues to get longer in Uttar Pradesh

Weavers witnessed a near-complete erosion of the handloom value chain during the lockdown

Smriti Irani asks big commercial brands to source directly from weavers

Irani has called upon big commercial brands like BIBA and Arvind Mills to source cloth directly from the weavers

Modi govt committed to holistic development of weavers: Amit Shah

In a series of tweets, Shah said Prime Minister Narendra Modi's mantra of 'vocal for local' will surely boost the morale of the handloom sector

How PM Modi's iconic 'gamchha' face masks boosted employment in a UP town

Amid growing demand, e-commerce companies in Kanpur have been acquiring these gamchhas to sell them online

As oblivion looms over weavers, a group is speaking for their survival

The group's chief believes that reviving the handicraft and handloom sector could be a critical step in developing a more robust economy

K Radharaman of the House of Angadi is reinventing the weave

How K Radharaman, founder of Bengaluru's House of Angadi, is helping to shape the course of India's textile history

Weavers reel under post-GST hike in yarn prices

A post Goods and Services Tax (GST) hike in prices of fully drawn yarn (FDY) and partially oriented yarn (POY) by 5-7 per cent has sent the synthetic textile weaving industry reeling under margin pressures. The price hike has been caused by rising raw material prices such as purified terephthalic acid (PTA) and monoethylene glycol (MEG) which have spiked on the back of rising crude prices.However, at a time when several weavers, processors and traders are yet to register under GSTN, along with lack of clarity over accumulated duty credit and reverse charge mechanism (RCM), decentralised powerlooms and textile processing units are finding it tough to sustain under rising input costs."There is still uncertainty in the industry since registration process is still going on. Weavers, processors and traders are not in the position to buy or sell. At such a time, a price hike in raw materials is having a significant impact on our input costs as well as margins," said Ashish Gujarati, ...

FinMin working to converge all insurance schemes for weavers

Textiles Minister Smriti Irani says govt is planning to increase the level of insurance cover of handloom weavers under the MGBBY