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On International Women's Day Devi was awarded the Nari Shakti Puraskar [4] for her work with handloom weaving. [3] The award was made by the President of India Ram Nath Kovind at the Presidential Palace ( Rastrapati Bhavan ) in New Delhi with the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi and the Minister for Women & Child Development, Maneka ...
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
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]
The Nari Shakti Puraskar (lit. ' Woman Power Award ' ) is an annual award given by the Ministry of Women and Child Development of the Government of India to individual women or to institutions that work towards the cause of women empowerment. [ 1 ]
Nari Shakti Puraskar (2018) Ministry of Textiles Special Award (2019) Madhu Jain is an Indian textile designer who is an advocate for bamboo fabric which she sees as the "textile of the future".
Amma was announced as a winner of the 2019 Nari Shakti Puraskar. Prime Minister Narendra Modi singled her out for special praise, saying "if we wish to progress in life, we should develop ourselves, if we wish to achieve something in life, the first pre-condition for that is the student within us must never die". [6]
The textile industry in Salem, especially the handloom industry, is one of the most ancient cottage industries in Salem district of Tamil Nadu, India. [1] [2] [3] Salem was one of the primary handloom centers of south India. [4] Sari, dhoti and angavasthram are made out of silk yarn and cotton yarn. [5]
The handloom tradition flourished into sarees and other fabrics under the nobles of Cochin. The weaving waned by early 20th century as a result of diminishing of patronage. However, through Chendamangalam Handloom Co-operative Society formed in 1954 and The Kerala Co-operative Society Act of 1969 the handloom witnessed revival. [3]