#MyHandloomMyPride: Acting on PM's call, Union Ministers, CMs promote handloom products on social media

Aug 07,2021

Acting on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's appeal, several union ministers and chief ministers on Saturday promoted Handloom products on social media on the
7th annual National Handloom Day and urged the citizens to purchase Indian Handloom products and showcase their grandeur.

The Prime Minister in his July 25 episode of 'Mann Ki Baat', while speaking about 'National Handloom Day', had requested Indian citizens to support local entrepreneurs, artists, craftsmen, weavers.

"Whenever, wherever you purchase a Khadi product, it does benefit our poor weaver brothers and sisters. That is why, in a way, buying Khadi is service to people, service to the country. I urge you my dear brothers and sisters, to make it a point to definitely buy Handloom products being made in rural areas and share it on
#MyHandloomMyPride," PM Modi had said.

Hardeep Singh Puri, the Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas, and Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs, on his Twitter, wrote, "We are a civilisation in which ancient traditional crafts and weaves play a particular role in defining local cultural ethos and sentiments. Weaves form the fabric of nation's unity and vibrant diversity."

The Minister of Education and Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship in the Government of India, Dharmendra Pradhan, wrote on Twitter, "Odisha is home to one of the richest handloom traditions in India. Each one of Odisha's iconic weaves is a reflection of the state's cultural ethos, the skill of weavers and is a must--have in the wardrobe. #MyHandloomMyPride."