On Handloom Day 2025, learn about the 7 best government programmes boosting the Indian handloom industry. From welfare to technology upgrades, here's how weavers are getting support.
This Handloom Day 2025, travel through 10 Indian cities where weaving traditions are still alive and thriving — from Banarasi silk to Manipuri phaneks.
"A new integrated textile policy will be formulated," the Chief Minister said in his address at National Hand Tex 2017 to mark the Third National Handloom Day. Palaniswami, however, did not elaborate.
"Our handloom sector is diverse, eco-friendly and is a source of employment for countless weavers, who will be very encouraged by our support," he said in a series of tweets on occasion of Handloom Day.