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  2. Habaspuri sari - Wikipedia

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    A Habaspuri sari. Habaspuri (Odia pronunciation: [habɔsɔpuɾi]) is a cotton-based traditional handloom textiles of Odisha, India. Habaspuri sari is a major product of this textile.

  3. National Informatics Centre - Wikipedia

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    The National Informatics Centre Services Inc. (NIC) is an Indian government department under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY). [4] [5] [6] The NIC provides infrastructure, IT Consultancy, IT Services including but not limited to architecture, design, development and implementation of IT Systems to Central Government Departments and State Governments, helping in ...

  4. Department of Handlooms, Handicrafts, Textiles and Khadi

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    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

  5. National Handicrafts and Handlooms Museum - Wikipedia

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    Terracotta shrine figure of Aiyanar, who is a male village guardian deity. The Crafts Museum was established in 1956 by the now defunct All India Handicrafts Board. [4] It was set up over a period of 30 years starting in the 1950s and 60s by the efforts of Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay, when the area was envisaged as an ethnographic space where craftsmen from various parts of India would come in to ...

  6. Handloom sari - Wikipedia

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    The handloom sector plays a vital role in India's economy. It is responsible for nearly 22% [14] of the cloth produced in the country. The handloom sector is the second largest economic activity after agriculture, employing nearly 30 lakh (three hundred thousand) weavers and 4.33 million people in all, according to the Handloom Census of 2009 ...

  7. Shantipur Handloom Industry - Wikipedia

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    Shantipur had about 1,200 handlooms during the Swadeshi movement organized to oppose the partition of Bengal or Bang-Bhang. 1906 AD to 1915 AD was the period of revival of Shantipur weaving industry. however, the First World War interrupted progress. [26] Shantipur Handloom Industry has seen huge changes since the 1920s.

  8. Handicrafts and Handlooms Export Corporation of India

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    Handicrafts and Handlooms Export Corporation of India was an agency of Ministry of Textiles, Government of India [1] established in 1958 with main objectives to undertake exports of handicrafts, handlooms products, khadi and products of village industries from India and to undertake special promotional measures. [2]

  9. Sant Kabir Award - Wikipedia

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    Sant Kabir Award is an Indian Government award conferred to outstanding weavers who have made valuable contribution in keeping alive the handloom heritage. It was established for dedication in building up linkages between the past, present and future through dissemination of knowledge on traditional skills and designs by Ministry of Textiles, Government of India. [1]