President Droupadi Murmu conferred the Sant Kabir Handloom Awards and National Handloom Awards 2025 at the Rashtrapati Bhavan Cultural Centre in New Delhi. Of the 22 awards, three were Sant Kabir Handloom Awards, given to Ram Meher (Odisha), Runima Chetiya Choudhury (Assam) and Shah Muhammad Ansari (Uttar Pradesh), and 19 were National Handloom Awards. The national honours recognised traditional weaves such as Kanchipuram Silk of Tamil Nadu, Ikat of Telangana and Kani Shawls of Jammu and Kashmir. The President also issued four commemorative postage stamps celebrating India's weaving heritage.