Article: Ten more handloom clusters sanctioned for Jammu and Kashmir

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New Delhi, July 11 -- Textiles Minister Shankersinh Vaghela today said that the Government is working to promote the activities of Handicrafts and Handloom Exports Corporation of India Ltd. (HHEC) and has sanctioned ten more clusters of handlooms for Jammu and Kashmir.

Addressing the Parliamentary Consultative Committee meeting, Vaghela said that the HHEC is running a number of activities to provide support to artisans and weavers for the upgradation of their skills, design inputs, training and marketing their products.

More than ten thousand weavers are getting direct and indirect employment through the activities of ...

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