A Silk Fab exhibition-cum-sale of the National Handloom Development Corporation was inaugurated at the community hall, Ravishankar Nagar, by Bhopal Commissioner SB Singh on Monday.
The exhibition will remain open for public from 11 am to 8 pm for two weeks, till February 14. As many as 85 agencies belonging to 14 States are participating.
The participants are from various Government bodies, apex societies, primarily handloom weavers’ societies, and handloom agencies.
The handloom sector of India employs 65 lakh persons directly or indirectly which is next only to agricultural sector in the country. The art of handloom weaving has traditional values attached to it and each region has exquisite varieties. The famous of silk products such as Pochampally, Muga Silk, Paithani, Kosa Silk, Baluchuri, and Tussar the name of a few attracts customers across the globe with exclusives weaves, designs and traditional motifs.
Through these exhibitions, handloom agencies not only market their products at reasonable rates but also get to know customers choice with regard to colour, design and weaving for future improvement of the product.
Government of India has launched this Handloom Mark scheme for handloom quality products, to encourage and give a distinct identity to the products, apart from highlighting the uniqueness of the products.
It also serves a guarantee for the buyer that the product being purchased is genuinely hand-woven.
All the exhibitors at the Silk Fab have been encouraged to display this Handloom Mark tag on the products and thus aim to improve the earnings of the handloom weaver community.