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As an example, the authors have cited the case of India's handloom industry.

The government of Pakistan, through its High Commission in Sri Lanka, is collaborating with the government of Sri Lanka to revive the handloom sector in Mirigama district of Sri Lanka.

11 August 2010 a[euro]" Indian rating agency CARE on Tuesday affirmed its BB+ long-term debt rating on Handicraft and Handloom Export Corporation of India.

16) handloom weaving has maintained its share of output through the decades, competition from power-looms notwithstanding.

The overwhelming fact, however, was the persistence of handloom weaving as factory production appeared and disappeared.

Unless and until the genuine weavers don't get the assured benefits from the government, Manipuri handloom will not flourish."

When PM Narendra Modi gave the haloed fabric its deserved status last year with the first National Handloom Day on August 7, the future of the fabric looked brighter than it has in decades.

Colombo -- Pakistani government reviving handloom sector in Mirigama district of Sri Lanka, aimed at strengthening this cottage industry and providing self-employment to the people of the area.

The government of West Bengal is keen to speed up execution of all state and Central government schemes aimed at development of the handloom and handicraft industry of the state that is home to more than 1.2 million weavers and artisans.

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Summary: Bishnupur (Manipur) [India], Nov 12 (ANI): North East's first 'floating water handloom huts' were inaugurated at Loktak Lake in Bishnupur district of Manipur on Sunday.

The Union government has also been taking several steps to encourage the handloom sector in the country for which the it also imposes handloom cess on excise duty, chargeable from mill- made cloth.