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Promote handloom in your films, Modi urges actors
Promote Handloom In Your Films, Modi Urges Actors. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday urged movie stars, youths and others to use handloom products to give a much needed boost to the sector.
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Chennai: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday urged movie stars, youths and others to use handloom products to give a much needed boost to the sector. "If movie actors decide to use only handloom and handicraft products in one out of their five movies, then those movies will automatically attract good viewership," Modi said. Modi said film industry plays a major part in popularizing fashion.
He was here to launch the National Handloom Day and the India Handloom brand for better market positioning of Indian handloom products.
Speaking at the Madras University Centenary Auditorium, Modi said youths of today make purchases online and added that handloom products should also be made available online. He said handloom products were to be branded because Indian handloom products lack global branding.
He said the sale of khadi products had gone up by 60 percent after his October 2 appeal to people to use at least one khadi product to brighten the lives of the producers. A similar call should be given for handloom products. Modi said handloom could be used for curtains, clothes, bedsheets, doormat and more. The PM said handlooms form 15 percent of the total textile market, and if this was increased to 20 percent, the turnover of the sector would increase by 33 percent.
Starting this year, the National Handloom Day would be celebrated on August 7 every year.
It was on this day in 1905 that the boycott of British products began during India's freedom struggle. The National Handloom Day is observed to generate awareness about the importance of handloom industry which is part of India's rich heritage and culture. Over 43 lakh people are engaged in handloom weaving and allied activities in India.
The industry is a source of livelihood to large sections of rural population particularly women, and BPL families, in addition to being a part of the country's rich cultural heritage and traditions.
Modi said innovation in design and production should be brought into the handloom sector.
