In a bid to promote the state’s Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) and highlight the work of handloom weavers and craftsmen, the West Bengal government has decided to construct a shopping mall in Kolkata. “The Bengal government has decided to construct a Biswa Bangla Mall on EM Bypass,” so…
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Handicraft exports see 8.46% increase in 2015-16: Smriti Irani
India’s handicraft exports have increased by more than 8 per cent during the last fiscal, touching nearly Rs 31,000 crore, Textiles Minister Smriti Irani said in Lok Sabha. “According to the provisional data available, the exports of handicrafts have shown an increase of Rs 2,414.79 c…
Women entrepreneurs hold key to achieve double-digit growth rate | Amitabh Kant CEO, Niti Aayog
Amitabh Kant, CEO, Niti Aayog, exhorted women entrepreneurs to exploit their immense innovative power and raise their contribution to India’s GDP. Worldwide, women contribute to 40% to GDP while in India their contribution is 17%. “If women’s share in India’s GDP rises to …
Research centres for development of handicraft market
Upcoming Hastkala Academy to undertake Research on Development of Handicrafts Government has initiated a proposal for establishment of a Hastkala Academy at New Delhi under which research work on development of handicrafts will be taken up. Steps for making Handicrafts competitive in the internat…
Exporters too can give Made-in-India tag
A section of Indian exporters will be able to certify goods headed for Europe from 2017 to the effect that they were made in India, a measure that will help reduce processing time as well as costs. This facility will be available to traders exporting goods under the European Union’s special…
Handlooms & Handicrafts to get big boost | Govt. to fund exhibitions & festivals
Government will organize regular exhibitions cum sale festivals in large cities to provide regular marketing facilities for promotion of handlooms and handicrafts. To begin with, three venues have been identified in Delhi, where exhibitions cum sale festivals shall be organized round the year, on…