Jammu, Jan 7: Silk Fab, an exclusive handloom exhibition, which commenced on first of January at Zone By The Park, Rail Head Complex, has been offering special Sunday discounts with an exclusive wedding package offered for the consumers who are interested in shopping for the oncoming wedding season.
Over the period of more than 2 decades, this exhibition is an initiative of the office of Development Commissioner for Handlooms, Ministry of Textiles, Government of India through National Handloom Development Corporation (NHDC) Ltd. to provide direct access to the handloom weavers to market their products to consumers in various cities of India.
The participants are from various state government bodies, apex societies, primary handloom weavers, co-operative societies/ handloom agencies and integrated handloom development schemes. 60 agencies belonging to 08 states are participating.
Earlier, Romesh Khajuria, Chairman of the Wool and Woollens Export Promotion Council (WWEPC), Ministry of Textile, Government of India on Tuesday inaugurated the National Silk Fab Exhibition.
He said that the Handloom sector is a symbol of our country’s rich and varied cultural heritage.The handloom sector of India employs 31 lakh persons directly or indirectly which is next only to the agricultural sector in the country.
The art of handloom weaving has traditional values attached to it and each region has exquisite varieties. The uniqueness of silk products such as Chanderi, Madhubani, Banarasi, Jamdani, Baluchari, and Ikkat, to name a few, attracts customers across the globe with exclusive weaves, designs and traditional motifs.
Government of India has launched the “Handloom Mark” scheme for handloom products, “Silk Mark” for genuinity of silk products and “India Handloom Brand” scheme for branding of high-quality handloom products with zero defects and zero effect on the environment 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 genuinity handwoven.
All the exhibitors at the Silk Fab have been encouraged to display the ‘Handloom Mark’, ‘Silk Mark’ and ‘India Handloom Brand’ tag on the products and thus aim to improve the earnings of the handloom weaver community.
The exhibition will be open to the public from 11 am to 8 pm for fourteen days up to14th January 2023.
Handloom products drawn from some of the exotic locations of India are on display and sale at the exhibition.
The details of famous products are as under .
| · Bihar | Tussar, Giccha, Madhubani Painting |
| · Chhattisgarh | Kantha, Tribal Work, Kosa Silk |
| . Jharkhand | Tassar Giccha Silk Saree |
| . Karnataka | Molakalmuru, Kasuti Work, Mysore Silk Saree, GuledguddKhana |
| · Madhya Pradesh | Chanderi Saree, Maheshwari Saree |
| · Maharashtra | Paithani |
| · Uttar Pradesh | Tanchoi, Jamdani, Jamawar (Banarasi) |
| · West Bengal | Baluchari, Kantha, Tangail, Jamdani |