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The National Handicrafts and Handlooms Museum (NHHM) commonly known as National Crafts Museum in New Delhi is one of the largest crafts museums in India. It is run by the Ministry of Textiles, Government of India. The museum is situated on the corner of the Pragati Maidan, facing the Purana Quila complex. [1]
The state has the third highest number of handlooms and the highest number of handloom weavers in co-operative units. The department of handlooms is responsible for ensuring the sustainability of the weavers by facilitating raw materials for production, infrastructure support, marketing and sales of finished goods through Co-optex. [13] Powerloom
Habaspuri handloom is named after the village of Habaspur in Kalahandi district where it was originally woven by the Kandha Tribe during 19th CE.When dynastic rule ends,tribal people stopped making sarees but the saree was revived by a weaver named Ugrasen Meher in Chicheguda.
Indian Institutes of Handloom Technology (IIHTs) are government run public institutes of higher education in the handloom sector.
The Tamil Nadu Handloom Weavers' Co-operative Society Limited (Co-optex) 1935: Chennai: Handlooms, Handicrafts, Textiles and Khadi: Purchase & Supply of Yarns to Co-operative societies, Procurement & Marketing of Products from Co-operative societies: Co-operative society: www.cooptex.com: 2: Tamil Nadu Handloom Development Corporation Limited ...
National Handicrafts and Handlooms Museum, New Delhi [4] was set up at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi under the administrative control of the Ministry of Textiles. [5] The Museum is a structured village complex consisting of 15 structures representing village dwellings, courtyards and shrines from different states spread over an area of 5 hectares.
In 1950 Pupul Jayakar was invited by Jawaharlal Nehru to study the handloom sector of the economy. [1] The AIHB was established in 1952. [2] [3] [4] Its first chair was Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay. [5] Other early key figures included Lakshmi Chand Jain, Kitty Shiva Rao and Fori Nehru. [2] [6]
handicrafts.nic.in The office of Development Commissioner for Handicrafts is the national agency which works for the development , promotion and export of Indian handicrafts . [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The agency comes under the administrative control of Ministry of Textiles , Government of India .