Handicrafts

Flipkart ties up with Gujarat govt to promote local handicrafts; aims to help artisans expand market reach

Flipkart Samarth aims at bringing thousands of artisans, weavers and craftsmen from across the country into the fold of e-commerce.

Flipkart launches initiative 'Samarth' to bring Indian artisans, weavers, handicrafts makers on platform

Walmart-owned Flipkart on Wednesday launched a new initiative 'Samarth' to bring Indian artisans, weavers and handicrafts makers on its platform

Govt reforms creating new livelihoods; eight sectors to add over 10 cr jobs by 2025: CII

The recent reforms ushered in by the government are creating new livelihoods across existing and emerging sectors, with eight segments of the economy alone expected to create over 10 crore jobs by 2025, CII said on Thursday

GI tag on Darjeeling tea cannot be used for related products, says Calcutta HC; dismisses Tea Board's case against ITC

Darjeeling tea became the first GI tagged product in India, in 2004-05.

India's textile industry is seeking innovative solutions to preserve and tap into our heritage

The Indian textile industry, which has a long way to go, at least for now, seems to be sync with Modi’s formula of ‘farm to fibre to fabric to fashion to foreign’.

Ananya Birla to launch luxury ecomm venture CuroCarte, her second startup

Luxury handmade products is a niche-market and there are some well-entrenched players in the market in the space who are solo brands and others who sell it through malls.