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| | Handicrafts workshop for artisans in Srinagar | | | SRINAGAR, July 3: To promote and support handicrafts sector and boost sales and earnings prospects of artisans in the domestic, national and international market, Chief Secretary Madhav Lal as a part of the planned “cluster development initiative” for Shaher-e-khas had asked for sensitizing artisans regarding the programme and intervention plan by organising separate workshops with craftsmen engaged in various traditional crafts.
“By organising workshops with artisans, we will also be able to ascertain their requirements and problems. Hence a comprehensive and holistic development plan for each identified cluster needs to be formulated for expansion of their trade and business” Madhav Lal said and had directed for organising workshops in this regard.
In this connection, the first workshop was held at Kashmir Haat on Tuesday, in which artisans from Saraf Kadal copper ware cluster and Chatabal Leather cluster participated and interacted with departmental experts. The key areas discussed during the workshop included raw material, production process, marketing, infrastructure, manpower, finance and awareness.
As many as Ten workshops for artisans belonging to Zadibal Papermachie cluster, Safakadal Khatamband cluster, Safakadal Walnut-wood carving cluster, Idgah Pashmina cluster, Noorbagh Aari-crewvel Cluster, Sarafkadal Copperware cluster, Chatabal Leather cluster, Soura -Naware Kani cluster, Botapora-shohama Sozni cluster and Kanchan-Pirpora Willow cluster are being conducted as part of the project aimed at providing platform to the artisans to interact with experts and further identify gaps for a better intervention plan.
The workshop was organised by J&K Entrepreneurship Development Institute (JKEDI), appointed as the nodal agency and assisted by IL&FS clusters appointed as the Cluster Development Agency (CDA) for the purpose. Director Handicrafts Muzaffar Hussain also took part in the workshop and highlighted various schemes and financial assistance programmes including Margin money support, which each artisan as part of the cluster can avail once they get registered under the ‘cluster development initiative’. |
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