National Handloom Day: Textiles Minister Piyush Goyal exhorts trade for increasing 'Handloom Export'

9TH AUG 2021, MUMBAI:

The sector should become strong and prosper without depending much on state support,urges new Textile Minister on the occasion of 'National Handloom Day'.

We have to look for new ways to boost handloom production and explore new markets,” the minister was quoted as saying at the event, which was also attended by textiles secretary UP Singh and weavers from different parts of the country.

The textiles minister categorically stressed on forming a team under the chairmanship of Sunil Sethi, Chairman, Fashion Design Council of India (FDCI). The team will have weavers, trainers, equipment makers, marketing experts and other stakeholders recommending ways and means to kick-in growth trajectory to impart much needed impetus to this traditional handloom sector manifesting Indian cultural ethos & heritage.

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