National Handloom Day

7Th August: National Handloom Day
 

Handloom sector is a symbol of our country’s rich and varied cultural heritage.

Handloom is an important source of livelihood in rural and semi-rural parts of our country. It is a sector that directly addresses women’s empowerment with over 70% of all weavers and allied workers being female.

Rooted in nature, it has eco-friendly production processes with minimal requirement of capital and power, and provides inherent flexibility to innovate to meet changes in fashion trends and fast-changing customer preferences.

Swadeshi Movement which was launched on 7th August, 1905 had encouraged indigenous industries and in particular handloom weavers.

In 2015, the Government of India decided to designate the 7th August every year, as the National Handloom Day.

The first National Handloom Day was inaugurated on 7 August 2015 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Chennai.

On this day, we honour our handloom weaving community and highlight the contribution of this sector in the socio-economic development of this country. We reaffirm our resolve to protect our handloom heritage and to empower the handloom weavers and workers with greater opportunities.

The Government endeavours to ensure sustainable development of the handloom sector thereby empowering our handloom weavers and workers financially and instilling pride in their exquisite craftsmanship.

 

Brief on Handloom Sector

Weaves of Woven Fabrics
 

Celebration of 10th National Handloom Day on August 7, 2024, and sharing the tweets and films on handloom for the social media campaign 

 
The material for using on various social media platforms may be downloaded from the following links:
 

  1. Tweets (Creative with captions) and Whatsapp DP -

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1TMJEWMtKnbhVAvyZVm_QNyWQxdzzHEQm  

  1. Films on handloom

Link for films in English:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1iNo6nINZTAzzpAG9VTWapRlMa5uzTtDH?usp=sharing
Link for films in Hindi:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1MAzjwiVJWtCG21xebJuTkTvga21Ibn0Q?usp=sharing
 
 
Other material relating to handloom sector and the details of activities being carried out on the handloom day are as under:
 

  1. Brief on the handloom Sector
  2. Weaves of woven fabrics
  3. Brief list of activities on the handloom day 2024

 
It is requested to support our handloom weavers by buying handloom products and share the above referred contents using hashtags #MyHandloomMyPride and #MyProductMyPride.  The following may also be tagged.
 
@girirajsinghbjp
@TexMinIndia
@mygovindia
On the occasion the Ministry of Textiles is organizing the undermentioned activities through “MyGov”:

 
 
 

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