Close to 15 Lakh Weavers and Handloom Organizations Are on GeM Portal

Steps have been taken to on-board Handloom weavers/agencies on Government e-Marketplace (GeM) to enable them to sell their products directly to various Government Departments and organizations.

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Darshana Jardosh, Textile Minister,

The Handloom weavers/agencies are facilitated to sell their products online and 23 e-commerce platforms have been associated with Ministry of Textiles under a policy framework. In addition, steps have been taken to on-board Handloom weavers/agencies on Government e-Marketplace (GeM) to enable them to sell their products directly to various Government Departments and organizations. As of now, 1,49,429 weavers and handloom organizations have been on-boarded on the GeM portal, including 6,252 weavers already on-boarded on the date of initiation of the exercise.

The State/UT- wise details of weavers and Handloom organizations on-boarded on the portal through this initiative is as follows:

Name of StateNo. of Weavers/Handloom Agencies on-boarded
Andhra Pradesh32,435
Arunachal Pradesh2,183
Assam3,816
Bihar1,270
Chhattisgarh2,578
Delhi160
Gujarat3,422
Haryana1,896
Himachal Pradesh393
Jammu And Kashmir28
Jharkhand911
Karnataka8,533
Kerala7,007
Madhya Pradesh5,686
Maharashtra893
Manipur3,423
Meghalaya961
Mizoram505
Nagaland1,178
Odisha4,145
Punjab240
Rajasthan1,187
Tamil Nadu16,495
Telangana22,440
Tripura4,088
Uttar Pradesh6,865
Uttarakhand1,593
West Bengal8,846

To support handloom weavers, social media campaigns were organized under the #Vocal4Handmade in the year 2020 and #MyHandloomMyPride in 2021.  Central Ministers and State Chief Ministers, besides others, were requested to participate and support these social media campaigns.  Marketing events, Quiz Contests etc. were organized to popularize handlooms, stimulating interest of the Indian public and creation of sales opportunities for the weavers.

This information was given by the Minister of State for Textiles Smt. Darshana Jardosh in a written reply in the Lok Sabha.

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