Handlooms News
Pithapuram: The cloth merchants of the town staged a protest against bringing handloom sector under GST.
SURAT: Thursday's bandh caused losses to the tune of over Rs 200 crore to the textile sector in the city.
Thirty years ago, Nilkamal Basak began weaving the much-coveted Tangail sari to take his family profession forward.
MEERUT: Handloom markets in several districts of Western Uttar Pradesh were shut on Thursday in protest against the proposed 5% GST on clothes.
Shop owners in Meerut said that with 5% GST on clothes, it will be almost impossible for small tra
Textiles Ministry to reimburse 75% of the tuition fees
In a bid to offer affordable educational opportunities to weaving communities, the Ministry of Textiles (MoT) will subsidise the education of all weavers enrolled in the
Handloom weavers constituting second largest sector in the country, is most neglected by the government. Poverty, impoverishment, unemployment, starvation and indebtedness among weavers are reflected in weavers’ suicides reported from different