Union Minister of Coal and Mines G. Kishan Reddy at the inauguration of the week-long celebrations to mark National Handloom Day at Shilparamam in Hyderabad on Sunday.
| Photo Credit: SIDDHANT THAKUR
Union Minister of Coal and Mines G. Kishan Reddy, here on Sunday, said Telangana is fast developing into a handloom hub with the proposed Kakatiya Mega Textile Park in Warangal sanctioned by the Centre expected to attract investments worth ₹10,000 crore providing employment to an estimated two lakh persons.
The Modi government had also distributed 100 electronic jacquard weaving machines here and helped establish 31 handloom producer companies. Efforts are also on to revive the Himroo fabrics, Pithambari sarees and Armoor silk sarees, he said, at the inaugural of the week-long celebrations to mark National Handloom Day held in Shilparamam.
Union Minister of Coal and Mines G. Kishan Reddy at the inauguration of the week-long celebrations to mark National Handloom Day at Shilparamam in Hyderabad on Sunday.
| Photo Credit:
SIDDHANT THAKUR
The Centre is also aiding in setting up handloom clusters in Siddipet, Kamalapur, Dubbak and Warangal. Training has been provided for about 900 weavers in modern methods and ‘Mudra’ loans worth ₹70 crore were sanctioned, said the Minister.
In Telangana, there are an estimated 48,000 artisans at work on 17 different kinds of handlooms, including Pochampalli Ikkat, Narayanapet cotton sarees and others which have attained international fame. The Centre is ready to consider any proposal to help the handloom sector, which forms a key component of the country’s financial system, as it is second only to the agriculture sector with an estimated five crore people engaged either directly or indirectly.
Union Minister of Coal and Mines G. Kishan Reddy at the inauguration of the week-long celebrations to mark National Handloom Day at Shilparamam in Hyderabad on Sunday.
| Photo Credit:
SIDDHANT THAKUR
The Centre has been implementing a ‘5F’ strategy like farm to fibre, fabric, fashion and foreign markets, for developing the sector in the last 11 years under the ‘Make in India’ programme. Handlooms sector constitutes 2.3% of the country’s GDP, 13% of industrial output and 12% of exports making India the sixth largest exporter.
Mr. Reddy said that in 2023-24, about three lakh crore rupees in exports were realised, and the Modi government plans to take it to ₹9 lakh crore rupees by 2030. Pension of ₹8,000 a month is being given to handloom weavers, a ₹2 lakh scholarship is being awarded for their children wanting to study higher studies, including textile design and about 20 weavers were sent to other countries for exhibitions, he added.
Published – August 03, 2025 07:37 pm IST
