The sari making is more of a cottage industry for about 12 lakh people associated directly or indirectly with the handloom silk industry of the region around Varanasi encompassing Gorakhpur, Chandauli, Bhadohi, Jaunpur and Azamgarh districts.
1. Seminar and workshop organised by Handloom Development Corporation, Government of India.
Late Praja Bandhu Pragada Kotaiah, Member of Parliament, is the unique leader who represented the problems of handloom weavers in the Parliament.
Institute of Handloom and Textile Technology (IHTT) an institute set up by the Government of Kerala for the Development of Hand loom Industry.
it is renowned for its Kalamkari works and the traditional Handloom arts.it is very influenced by the culture and its practices.
Padmashri Kailash Chandra Meher, of Western Odisha was working as an Art Designer in Weaver Service Centre Bhubaneswar, under Development Commissioner Handloom, New Delhi, Ministry of Textiles, Govt.