Handlooms

Smriti Irani to Firstpost: Involving weavers in policy implementation the way forward for Indian textiles

Union Textile Minister Smriti Z Irani isn't coy about her image that she maintains. A feisty leader, Irani essays her new assignment after her abrupt exit from the Ministry of Human Resource Development with usual aplomb.

#IWearHandloom: Smriti Irani shows why textile portfolio was never a 'demotion' for her

To make handlooms popular in the domestic market, it needs to catch the imagination of the youth. That's exactly the reason behind Irani's #IWearHandloom campaign that took the social media by storm

Modi's first 'Mann ki Baat' of 2016: PM urges farmers to join crop insurance scheme

Khadi can provide employment to crores of people in the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday in his first "Mann Ki Baat" address of 2016. "Khadi has the power to provide employment to crores of people. It has now become a symbol and a centre of interest of the nation's youth," Modi said.