Handloom sector employs nearly double the 64.66 lakh cited in Economic Survey 2025-26, according to survey by Institute for Human Development & Crafts Council of India.
Scheme will upgrade skill, tools and provide credit support to traditional craftsmen; Cabinet also approved financial support for 10,000 e-buses in cities.
While initial allocation will be Rs 13,000-15,000 crore, MSME ministry will be the nodal ministry for the scheme. 18 trades have been identified to be covered, so far.
Over 70 top designers including Sabyasachi and Manish Malhotra have contributed clothes for an e-commerce sale in the Baradari fundraiser, which is endorsed by Kareena Kapoor Khan.
The textile ministry scrapped the two boards to create a 'leaner government machinery'. Activists however say it removed a platform where stakeholders could advise the govt on policy.
In ‘A woven life’, textile historian Jenny Housego chronicles her love affair with handicrafts & her journey as researcher and entrepreneur in Iran and India.
The two-and-a-half year battle for custody of the rasogulla saw West Bengal finally defeat Odisha Tuesday. The state was awarded the geographical indication (GI) tag for the ‘Banglar rasogulla’.
Project’s original cost in 2019 was Rs 5,452 crore; Prime Minister Modi laid foundation stone in February 2024, and bhumi poojan happened in September 2025. Construction is yet to get up to speed
Speaking at IAF think-tank seminar, Air Marshal Dixit was backed by Air Chief Marshal A.P. Singh, who said unmanned aerial systems are no longer just the eyes in the sky but ‘claws in the sky’.
Pakistan has ended up losing every war against India but that hasn’t prevented it from claiming victory. We will go over the evidence to anticipate what to expect next.
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