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from highlighting the uniqueness of
Arunachal Pradesh: Gale (Traditional ladies garment), Galuk (Waistcoat)
the products. It also serves a guar-
Traditional Shawl, Muffler
antee for the buyer that the product
being purchased is genuinely hand- Assam: Eri Silk, Muga, Cotton Dress Materials
crafted. All the exhibitors at the exhi- Bihar: Madhubani Painting
bition have been encouraged to dis-
Chhattisgarh: Art Metal Ware
play their products and thus aim to
Jammu: Pashmina Shawl, Stole, Muffler
improve the earnings of the handloom
and handicraft community. Jharkhand: Tussar Saree, Tussar Ghicha Fabric, Dress Materials
Madhya Pradesh: Hand Painting Item
Handloom and Handicraft products
Manipur: Naga Shawl, Ladies Rapper, Naga textile fabrics
drawn from some of the exotic loca-
tions of India are on display and sale Maharashtra: Warli Painting
at the exhibition. A brief list is given Odisha: Kotpad Saree, Dress Material, Jewellery
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Rajasthan: Anwa Saree, Block Print, Embroidered and Croch

Shri Piyush Goyal in- craftsmen and weavers. He also ap-
pealed to people to spend 5 % of the
teracts with Stakehold- travel budget on buying domestically
ers of Textiles Industry produced goods to support our weav-
ers and craftsmen.
in Varanasi

Shri Goyal calls for proactive
steps to ensure better prices for
weavers. Minister urges textiles
industry to focus on high-qual-
ity products, develop culture of
quality. People should spend
5% of travel budget on local pressed satisfaction over the facilities
goods to support weavers and available at the centre and said tour-
craftsmen. ists coming to the city should be told
about this facility so that they visit
Union Minister of Commerce and In-
and shop from here, benefitting the
dustry, Consumer Affairs, Food and
weavers of Varanasi. Scan this QR code to Watch Piy-
Public Distribution and Textiles, Shri
ush Goyal's speech in Varanasi
Piyush Goyal, has urged the textiles Shri Goyal highlighted that Prime Min-
industry to focus on quality products ister Shri Narendra Modi is very ded- Union Textiles Minister
to meet the demands of the global icated to the cause of improving the
market, and called for proactive steps condition of the weavers and crafts- holds third interactive
to ensure that weavers and craftsmen men of the country. He added, Prime
get better prices for their products. Minister Modi believes that India’s di- meeting to review cot-
versity is reflected in the handloom. ton value chain
He called for proactive action includ- In line with the vision of the PM, tex-
ing better designs, higher quality, tile parks are being set up across the Industry to lead the Branding Ini-
packaging and marketing to ensure country. tiative with Contribution of Indus-
weavers fetch better prices for their try Funds- Matching Govt. Support.
products in the international market. The minister stressed on the need to Introduce advance technologies
He said this while interacting with the further improve the textile industry, for high yielding cotton seeds. Tex-
stakeholders of handloom, handi- adding that it requires developing a tile Industry and Associations
crafts and textiles industry at Deen- culture of ‘Quality’. India will realise should fund 75,000 hand held ka-
dayal Hastkala in Varanasi. its dream of becoming a developed pas plucker m/cs on completion
of 75 years of Independence, with
country only when there is a change
distribution support of CCI to cot-
The Minister inspected the Trade Fa- in our thought process. He empha-
ton farmers
cilitation Center set up for weavers sised on optimising the marketing
and craftsmen of Varanasi. He ex- chain to ensure greater benefits to Union Minister of Textiles, Commerce
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