ESSAYHERITAGE, TECHNOLOGY AND TRADITIONAL INDUSTRY
Who Decides What's Authentic, Once the Filter Is Automated?
On the 12th National Handloom Day, the government highlighted initiatives like Handloom 4.0 and the AI-based VisioNxt forecasting tool, positioning India's handloom sector - the country's largest cottage industry, employing over 35 lakh workers, nearly 72% of them women - as a globally competitive creative industry rather than a welfare category.
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