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Empowering women handloom workers is key to sustainable development of the sector, say entrepreneurs and economic experts

Aug 08, 2023, at 08:23 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: According to the Handloom Census 2019-20 undertaken by the Union Ministry of Textiles, India has nearly 35,22,512 handloom workers employed across the country, out of which 72 per cent or around 25,46,285 are women workers.