Exporting community should innovate and come up with new products: Textile Minister
Updated: Oct 15, 2015 11:59:26am
Greater Noida, Oct 15 (KNN) The exporting community should innovate and come up with new products so that buyers who visit IHGF-Delhi fair take back the impression that they these kinds of products cannot be sourced from anywhere else, said Union Minister of State for Textiles (Independent Charge) Santosh Kumar Gangwar.
He said this while addressing the 40th edition of IHGF- Delhi Fair Autumn 2015 - the world’s largest fair of Indian handicrafts and gifts at India Expo Centre and Mart at a colourful ceremony here on Wednesday.
The fair is being organized by the Export Promotion Council for Handicrafts (EPCH).
He added that India has a treasure trove of raw materials, craftsmanship and ethnic traditions and systems, and that we need to reorient to bring innovation and novelty.
The Minister pointed out that handicrafts sector provides employment to more than 7 million artisans and crafts persons who are the backbone of the sector. He said that Government and exporting community need to work together for the promotion of this sector.
S K Panda, Secretary (Textiles), Government of India congratulated the handicrafts sector for achieving very good growth figures. He said that handicrafts sector not only earns foreign exchange but also provides livelihood to large number of artisans.
He urged the exporting community to look at growth in an inclusive way and adopt villages so that the livelihood of the artisans who are backbone of the handicrafts sector can be improved.
“Have modified, simplified all Handicrafts schemes to better enable artisans to produce what market needs,” he said.
About 3000 buyers have registered on the first day of the show. Two seminars have also been organized, one on "Advantage of Doing Business in & with Yiwu, China" and the other on "Social Media - Important tool to maximize presence & sales".
Handicrafts exports have been growing at an average annual growth rate of 15 per cent during the last decade. However, the growth was 7.96 per cent in rupee terms and 6.82 per cent in dollars terms in the year 2014-15 as compared to previous year. The export of handicrafts during the year 2014-15 was Rs 18,639.14 crore.
IHGF- Delhi Fair Autumn 2015 is expected to generate huge amount of enquiries and orders. (KNN Bureau)
He said this while addressing the 40th edition of IHGF- Delhi Fair Autumn 2015 - the world’s largest fair of Indian handicrafts and gifts at India Expo Centre and Mart at a colourful ceremony here on Wednesday.
The fair is being organized by the Export Promotion Council for Handicrafts (EPCH).
He added that India has a treasure trove of raw materials, craftsmanship and ethnic traditions and systems, and that we need to reorient to bring innovation and novelty.
The Minister pointed out that handicrafts sector provides employment to more than 7 million artisans and crafts persons who are the backbone of the sector. He said that Government and exporting community need to work together for the promotion of this sector.
S K Panda, Secretary (Textiles), Government of India congratulated the handicrafts sector for achieving very good growth figures. He said that handicrafts sector not only earns foreign exchange but also provides livelihood to large number of artisans.
He urged the exporting community to look at growth in an inclusive way and adopt villages so that the livelihood of the artisans who are backbone of the handicrafts sector can be improved.
“Have modified, simplified all Handicrafts schemes to better enable artisans to produce what market needs,” he said.
About 3000 buyers have registered on the first day of the show. Two seminars have also been organized, one on "Advantage of Doing Business in & with Yiwu, China" and the other on "Social Media - Important tool to maximize presence & sales".
Handicrafts exports have been growing at an average annual growth rate of 15 per cent during the last decade. However, the growth was 7.96 per cent in rupee terms and 6.82 per cent in dollars terms in the year 2014-15 as compared to previous year. The export of handicrafts during the year 2014-15 was Rs 18,639.14 crore.
IHGF- Delhi Fair Autumn 2015 is expected to generate huge amount of enquiries and orders. (KNN Bureau)
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