New Delhi, Aug 7 (UNI) Union Textiles Minister Smriti Zubin Irani on Friday extended her greetings on the occasion of the 6th National Handloom Day.

On the occasion, Ms Irani launched the Mobile App & Backend Website for Handloom Mark Scheme (HLM). The Minister said that the Handloom Mark is being promoted to provide collective identity to the authentic handloom products.

Addressing a function organized in virtual mode by the Ministry of Textiles, to celebrate the day, Ms Irani thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for declaring 7th August every year as National Handloom Day for the first time in 2015, 110 years after the Swadeshi movement which started on this date in the year 1905.

Paying obeisance to Mahatma Gandhi, Ms Irani said that independence for India was achieved with the help of the spinning wheel. Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jairam Thakur was present through virtual mode from Kangra.



Textiles Committee Mumbai has developed the Mobile App with a backend web portal to completely digitise the process of registration. The App is in English and 10 Indian languages and will enable the weavers located at any corner of the country to apply for Handloom Mark registration through the comfort of their homes by click of a button on their mobiles.

This app helps ascertain the genuineness and originality of the product through unique and dynamic QR code labels affixed on each handloom product.



The Union Minister of Textiles also launched the 'My Handloom' portal for individual weavers as well as other organizations for applying for various benefits under the various handloom schemes like Block Level Clusters, Handloom Marketing Assistance and Awards.

Inaugurating the portal, she thanked Prime Minister Modi for launching the 'India Handloom' brand in 2015 on the occasion of the first National Handloom Day.

She said that till now, 1,590 products have been registered under this brand, which has more than 180 product categories. The portal with a single 'sign-in' is to act as One-stop shop for information on all handloom schemes which will retain information, and will ensure transparency and provide real-time status update on applications under National handloom Development programme, as also the information on various schemes or interventions such as Mudra Loan Scheme, Weavers’ Insurance, Yarn Supply, distribution of looms and accessories.

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