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Assam CM launches scheme for welfare of native weavers
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], July 20 (ANI): Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday launched 'Swanirbhar Naari', a scheme to empower indigenous weavers in Assam's Guwahati.
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Bamboo product business of Medara tribal community is flourishing again af
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana)[India], May 15 (ANI): The business of the tribal community Medara here who make bamboo products is flourishing again this summer after being hit for two years due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Karnataka CM extends 'Raitha Vidya Nidhi' scholarship scheme to children o
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Udupi (Karnataka) [India], April 11 (ANI): In order to increase the literacy rate and reduce the unemployment rate in Karnataka, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Monday announced the extension of the 'Raitha Vidya Nidhi' scholarship scheme for the children of weavers and fishermen families
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Researchers find vegetarian birds are more sociable than insect eaters
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
London [UK], April 7 (ANI): A new study has found that weaver birds that eat seeds flock together and nest in colonies more commonly than those species that eat insects.
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Policies should reach beneficiaries, says Parliamentary Advocacy Group on
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 6 (ANI): The Parliamentary Advocacy Group on Handloom and Handicrafts, consisting of 16 MPs from various political parties, released its first report on Wednesday and suggested several recommendations to extend the benefits of policies to the beneficiaries.
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11 textiles articles exclusively reserved for production on Handlooms
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 1 (ANI): In order to protect and support handlooms weavers, the government has reserved 11 textiles articles with certain technical specifications exclusively for production on handlooms, Union Minister of State for Textiles Darshana Jardosh said on Friday.
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Modi, Yogi gave befitting reply to Opposition by making me Minister, says
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], March 27 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Minister Danish Ansari on Sunday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath have delivered a tight slap to various opposition parties who accuse Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of being anti-m
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ReshaWeaves by ReshaMandi Launches First Store in New Delhi
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 25 (ANI/NewsVoir): ReshaMandi, India's first and largest digital ecosystem for natural fibre supply chain, starting from farm to retail announces the grand opening of their store ReshaWeaves at Nehru Place, New Delhi. The NCR-based store will showcase an exquisite ra
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Andhra Governor urges for protecting interests of handloom sector
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh) [India], March 17 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Governor Biswabhusan Harichandan has said that the handlooms played an important role in the freedom movement and it is necessary to protect the interests of the handloom sector.
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Banarasi sari weavers seek higher wages, urge government to promote export
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], March 3 (ANI): Banarasi sari weavers in the streets of Varanasi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Lok Sabha constituency, have urged the government to take steps to provide higher wages and promote exports of their products.
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UP: Mau Weavers seek restoration of power subsidy to survive post-COVID st
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Mau (Uttar Pradesh) [India], March 2 (ANI): Weavers of the Mau district in Uttar Pradesh have demanded to restore the fixed-rate electricity bill system and to reduce the tax on raw materials so that the textile industry could survive.
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Local residents demand more jobs, better connectivity for weaver business
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Mau (Uttar Pradesh) [India], March 1 (ANI): Local residents of Uttar Pradesh's Mau town have demanded more jobs for youth and better connectivity for saree weavers to boost business in the state.
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