{"id":50896,"date":"2025-08-08T19:09:58","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T13:39:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/?p=50896"},"modified":"2025-08-09T12:21:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T06:51:06","slug":"11th-national-handloom-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/08-08-2025\/11th-national-handloom-day","title":{"rendered":"11th National Handloom Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Syllabus: GS3\/Economy&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Context\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <strong>11th National Handloom Day<\/strong> was celebrated at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>National Handloom Day<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The handloom sector played a vital role in India\u2019s freedom movement. The Swadeshi Movement, launched on August 7, 1905, championed indigenous industries, especially handlooms, as a form of economic resistance to colonial rule.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In honour of this legacy, August 7 was declared <strong>National Handloom Day in 2015.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It is celebrated annually and\u00a0 it recognises weavers&#8217; contributions to the nation and promotes the preservation of India\u2019s handloom heritage.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Indian handloom industry<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>India\u2019s handloom sector is known for its wide range of fabrics, including cotton, khadi, jute, linen, and rare fibres like Himalayan nettle.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It also produces distinctive silk varieties like Tussar, Mashru, Mulberry, Eri, Muga and Ahimsa, along with woollen weaves like Pashmina, Shahtoosh and Cashmere.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It is one of the world&#8217;s oldest cottage industries, showcases the country&#8217;s rich cultural heritage and skilled craftsmanship.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>95% of the world&#8217;s hand fabric<\/strong> comes from India.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It is spread across villages and small towns and it relies on traditional hand-spinning, weaving, and printing techniques passed down through generations.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Today, handloom weaving is<strong> India\u2019s largest cottage industry.<\/strong> According to the 4th All India Handloom Census (2019\u201320), about 35.22 lakh households are involved in this work.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Around 72% of economic\u00a0 handloom weavers are women.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the financial year 2024-25, the United States remained the largest destination, accounting for \u20b9331.56 crore worth of exports.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fff2cc\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Do you know?<\/strong><br>&#8211; Every region in India has developed its unique handloom style.<br>&#8211; For example, Rajasthan is known for its tie and dye, Madhya Pradesh for Chanderi, and Uttar Pradesh for Jacquard patterns.\u00a0<br>&#8211; Other well-known styles include Bomkai from Odisha, Kunbi from Goa, Paithani from Maharashtra, Kotpad from Odisha, Balarampuram from Kerala, Jamdani and Baluchari from West Bengal.\u00a0<br>&#8211; Each piece is handmade using traditional methods, making every product unique.<br><br><img data-dominant-color=\"e5e1e2\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"568\" class=\"not-transparent wp-image-50898\" style=\"--dominant-color: #e5e1e2; width: 450px;\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-images.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/ca\/uploads\/2025\/08\/unique-handloom-style.png\" alt=\"unique handloom style\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-images.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/ca\/uploads\/2025\/08\/unique-handloom-style.png 620w, https:\/\/wp-images.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/ca\/uploads\/2025\/08\/unique-handloom-style-238x300.png 238w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><br><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Source :PIB<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Context<\/strong><\/h2>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">The 11th National Handloom Day was celebrated at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi.\n<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<h3><strong>National Handloom Day<\/strong><\/h3>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">The handloom sector played a vital role in India\u2019s freedom movement. The Swadeshi Movement, launched on August 7, 1905, championed indigenous industries, especially handlooms, as a form of economic resistance to colonial rule.\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">In honour of this legacy, August 7 was declared National Handloom Day in 2015.\n<\/li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/08-08-2025\/11th-national-handloom-day\" class=\"btn btn-primary btn-sm float-end\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":50941,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-affairs"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/wp-images.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/ca\/uploads\/2025\/08\/11th-national-handloom-day.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50896"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50896\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50914,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50896\/revisions\/50914"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}