Few days before the World Handloom Day, the govt scraps Handlooms and Handicraft Boards. Notifications were issued on July 27 and August 3, 2020 respectively. NH Day falls on August 7 every year. Notification said “In consonance with the Government of India vision of ‘Minimum Government and Maximum Governance’, a leaner Government Machinery and the need for systematic rationalization of Government bodies, the Government of India has abolished.”