Submissions are invited for Designing a Doodle Contest 2024 on Handloom by Ministry of Textiles, India. The last date of submission is July 15, 2024.
To generate awareness about the importance of handloom industry and its contribution to the socio-economic development of the country, 7th August is celebrated every year as “National Handloom Day”.
August 7 was chosen as the National Handloom Day to commemorate the Swadeshi Movement which was launched on this day in 1905 in the Calcutta Town hall.
The first National Handloom Day was inaugurated on 7th August 2015 by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi at the Centenary Hall of Madras University in Chennai.
Ministry of Textiles in collaborations with MyGov is organizing a contest Designing a Doodle on Handloom. For the same Indian citizens are requested to show their creativity through doodle designing to show their bonding with Indian Handlooms and to support Handloom Sector.
Interested participants can submit online via this link.
The last date of submission is July 15, 2024.