Union Minister of Textiles Piyush Goyal will inaugurate the Weavers Service Centre (WSC) at Raigarh on Kotra Road bypass virtually on August 7. Darshna Vikram Jardosh, the Union Minister of States for Textiles, will also be present.
The event is being held as part of the 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. It is observed annually in honour of handloom weavers and to provide impetus to the handloom industry, an official communication said on Thursday.