Four national expos to be held in State next year; JK weavers to participate
in expos held outside State
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SRINAGAR,
OCTOBER 23: Minister for Industries and Commerce,
Chander Prakash Ganga, Mondayinaugurated the National Handloom Expo Dast-e-Hunar at Kashmir
Haat here.
Minister of
State for Industries and Commerce, Syed Farooq Ahmad Andrabi was also present
on the occasion.
The 12-day expo is sponsored
by Development Commissioner for Handlooms and Handicrafts, Ministry of
Textiles, GoI, and J&K Directorate of Handloom Department and is organized
by Esquire Handloom WICS Ltd.
Development
Commissioner for Handloom and Handicrafts, Ministry of Textiles, GoI,
Shantmanu, was also present on the occasion.
Speaking on
the occasion, Minister for Industries and Commerce, Chander Prakash Ganga,
thanked the Development Commissioner for Handlooms and Handicrafts for his keen
interest in resuming the exercise of expos in the State and for authorizing
four such expos to be held in the State in 2018.
Ganga also
said that expos held outside the State will also see participation by JK
weavers in near future and that modalities for the same are being worked out
with the Development Commissioner for Handloom and Handicrafts, Ministry of
Textiles, GoI.
He
congratulated the artisans for their brilliant work even as he emphasized the
need for innovations in design. He also emphasized the importance of
marketability, impressing upon the artisans to keep marketability in mind when
designing their goods.
Ganga also
said all possible efforts are being made to ensure identification of authentic
Kashmiri products being marked by GI certification.
The expo, being held after three years,
will see some 60 handloom and handicraft societies exhibit their finished goods
showcased on 46 different stalls set up at the Haat.
The expo
also includes live demonstration of handloom weaving, pashmina spinning and
Kani shawl weaving.
The aim of
the expo is to encourage JK artisans and offer them an avenue to market their
finished goods to a national market.
The expo is
one of the two being held in the State this year.
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