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HANDICRAFT AND HANDLOOM
HAN DICRAFT AN D HAN DLOOM India's handloom sector employs 31
CTOR
BECOMING A SYMBOL OF
SECTOR BECOMING A SYMBOL OF lakh people and India's handicrafts
SE
AATMAN IR BHAR BHARAT. .. sector employs more than 30 lakh
AATMANIRBHAR BHARAT...
people, which is second only to the
agriculture sector in the country. In
Handicrafts and the art of handloom weaving this sector women constitutes 56% of
have been the traditional know-how of India. The the total workforce.
Swadeshi Movement was launched on 7th August, The central government has launched
1905 which encouraged indigenous industries and an online portal for the empowerment
handloom weavers in particular. In the year 2015, of handicraft artisans in trade shows.
the Government of India decided to celebrate 7th About 200 domestic trade events are
August every year as National Handloom Day. organized every year in different parts
The Government of India is determined to protect of the country with the objective of
the handicrafts and handloom heritage and to helping artisans sell their products.
empower handloom weavers and workers with According to an estimate, handicrafts
more opportunities, making this sector a symbol of exports may take a jump from the
AatmaNirbhar Bharat… Rs 33,253 crore achieved in 2021-
22. Also, artisans can be linked
`33,253 to government e-marketplace for
promotion of their products.
crore was the export of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is
handicrafts during the the brand ambassador of India's
year 2021-22. handloom sector as he is often seen
wearing artistically woven outfits.
A growth of 29.49 Indian handicraft products are mostly
percent was registered gifted during the visits of the Prime
as compared to the Minister to other countries. Nearly
previous year. 200 Indian missions abroad do the
same.

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