2nd National Handloom Day will be celebrated tomorrow in all the states and more than 200 handloom clusters of India… Sant Kabir Awards and National Handloom Awards will be presented to craftsmen at a function scheduled to be held in Varanasi (India).
Smriti Zubin Irani (as Chief Guest), Union Textiles Minister, and Rajiv Pratap Rudy (as Guest of Honour), Minister of State for Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (I/C) will grace the occasion with their presence along with Ajay Tamta, Minister of State – Textiles, and Mahboob Ali, Textiles Minister of Uttar Pradesh.
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7th August was notified by the Government of India as ‘National Handloom Day’ with the objective to generate awareness about the importance of handloom industry and its contribution to the socioeconomic development of the country and to promote handlooms, increase income of weavers and enhance their pride in particular.
The first National Handloom Day was celebrated last year and Hon’ble Prime Minister Narendra Modi was the Chief Guest at the main event held in Chennai.
