75 weaves of Indian Handlooms to be showcased in London & Madrid exhibitions

New Delhi, Aug 12 (KNN) The textiles ministry is planning to organise Indian handloom exhibitions in London and Madrid, Upendra Prasad Singh, Secretary (Textiles), said recently.

Addressing an event organized by the ministry to celebrate the National Handloom day, Singh said that in the upcoming overseas exhibitions, 75 weaves will be displayed celebrating 75 years of our independence.

“Recently, 75 handloom gifts were distributed among the Indian diaspora and those who had “genuine interest in handlooms,” he said.

Piyush Goyal, Union Minister of Commerce and Industry had recently said that the census data of handlooms of over 35 lakh handloom workers should be placed in the public domain so that the benefits of the handloom schemes reach the beneficiaries. 

“Handloom weavers and handicraft artisans should be on board on GeM portal in large numbers and all government departments should purchase handloom products for all their textile needs,” Goyal added.

Speaking virtually at a conference here on “Sustainable Clothing and Textile Recycling Conference '' on Wednesday, the Minister said the global textile recycling market was six million to eight million tonnes and 12 per cent  to 14 per cent of total global waste was recycled by the textile sector. But, just 1 per cent  to 2 per cent of clothing materials were recycled into garments. 

Last year, the design resource centres were inaugurated at Indore, Kolkata, Nagpur, Meerut, and Panipat to help build a handloom ecosystem in the country and to further develop the sector.  (KNN Bureau)