Selfies are invited for the Selfie Contest With Indian Handloom by the Ministry of Textiles & MyGov, India. Submit by August 15, 2023!
About the Ministry of Textiles, India
The Ministry of Textiles is an Indian government national agency responsible for the formulation of policy, planning, development, export promotion and regulation of the textile industry in India.
About MyGov
MyGov is a citizen engagement platform launched by the Government of India on July 26, 2014, to promote the active participation of Indian citizens in their country’s governance and development.
About the Contest
To generate awareness about the importance of the handloom industry and its contribution to the socio-economic development of the country, August 7 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 August 7, 2015, by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi at the Centenary Hall of Madras University in Chennai.
The Ministry of Textiles is organising a selfie contest with MyGov where Indian citizens are requested to wear Indian Handloom and showcase their bonding with handlooms by sharing interesting selfies with Indian Handloom.
How to Submit?
Interested participants can submit their entries via this link.
Submission Deadline
The competition will close on August 15, 2023.
Terms and Conditions
- The Competition is open only to Indian citizens.
- All entries must be submitted to www.mygov.in. Entries submitted through any other medium/mode will not be considered for evaluation.
- The entries will be the intellectual property and copyright of the Ministry of Textiles, Government of India. Nobody can exercise any right over it. The entries are intended to be used by the Government of India for promotional and display purposes.
- The content must be original and should not violate any provision of the Indian Copyright Act, 1957. Anyone found infringing on others’ copyright would be disqualified from the competition. The government of India does not bear any responsibility for copyright violations or infringements of intellectual property carried out by the participants.
- The participant is to make sure that his/her MyGov profile is accurate and updated since the Ministry would be using this for further communication. This includes name, contact number and email id. Entries with incomplete profiles would not be considered.
- MyGov reserves the right to cancel or amend all or any part of the Contest and/or the Terms & Conditions/Technical Parameters/Evaluation Criteria. However, any changes to the Terms & Conditions/Technical Parameters/Evaluation Criteria, or cancellation of the Contest, will be updated/posted on the MyGov platform. It would be the responsibility of the participants to keep themselves informed as to any changes in the Terms & Conditions/Technical Parameters/Evaluation Criteria stated for this Contest.
- Participants need to submit their entries for the complete Contest. Partial/Incomplete entries would not be considered for evaluation.
- In this competition, selfies with authentic Indian Handloom will be considered. 9. After completion of the event MyGov team will provide the details of the top 50 participants along with their details & selfies. Amongst which the top 10 entries will be selected to share on the official website in the office DC (Handlooms).
Click here to view the official notification of the Selfie Contest With Indian Handloom by the Ministry of Textiles & MyGov, India.
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