MANITEX
A section of the dignitaries at the expo. Photo Credit - Northeast Now

Manipur International Textile Expo (MANITEX) opened on Monday at Manipur Trade and Expo Centre, IW at Lamboi Khongnangkhong in Manipur wherein 1,815 Geo-tagged looms were also distributed.

Informing this on his Twitter handle on Monday, the Chief Minister of Manipur, N Biren Singh, said, โ€œWomen empowerment could only bring a sustainable development in the State. SabkaSaathSabkaVikas, a change with equal development for all. Manipur International Textile Expo (MANITEX) opened today at Manipur Trade & Expo Centre, IW and 1815 Geo-tagged looms were also distributed.โ€

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MANITEX will be held from November 5 to 15 next at Lamboi Khongnangkhong in Manipur. In Manipur, handloom and handicrafts is a tradition. Manipur is among the States which boasts of the highest number of weavers and looms. Every household be it in the hills or in the valleys, has a loom and handloom and handicrafts helps keep the home fires burning in several households of the State.

The weavers of Manipur are โ€œextremely talentedโ€ and keeping this factor in mind, the State Government decided to organise the said expo as international expo with twin purpose โ€“ to provide a platform to the weavers for exposure and to give exposure to the local products at the international level.

Handloom and handicrafts help majorly in the socio-economic development of the society. Through the expo, the N Biren Singh Government wants to promote the โ€˜Made in Indiaโ€™ policy of the Modi Government โ€“ to encourage and promote handloom products.

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