Government making efforts to ensure funds go directly for welfare of artisans: DC Handicrafts
Updated: Sep 03, 2015 04:17:55pm
New Delhi, Sept 3 (KNN) Speaking about Government programmes in the handicrafts sector, DC (Handicrafts), Ministry of Textiles, Pushpa Subrahmanyam said that the Government is making all efforts to ensure that all funds go directly for upliftment and protection of artisans.
She said that service delivery mechanisms are being improved to make this happen, through schemes such as Direct Benefit Transfer.
She said this while inaugurating the Lepakshi Heritage Collection Exhibition and added that the exhibition features a fine variety of products made by the artisans themselves. She pointed that there are more than fifty crafts on display at the exhibition.
The exhibition is being organized by Andhra Pradesh Handicrafts Development Corporation Limited (an undertaking of the Government of Andhra Pradesh), from September 3 - 14, 2015.
The government is focusing on better coordination and stronger collaborations with state federations in promoting designs and in helping artisans tap the fast-growing demand from domestic as well as export markets, she said.
The Lepakshi Exhibition-cum-Sale is a promotional programme intended to help the craftspersons increase the sales of their products and thereby improve their living conditions.
Craftspersons, weavers and manufacturers of artistic handicrafts and textiles from different parts of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana exhibit and sell their products in this exhibition. Items from other states are also added to give a wider choice to craft lovers.
Products like world-famous Hyderabadi pearls; soft wood toys and dolls from Kondapalli, Etikoppaka and Nirmal Village; carved wooden wall panels and statues from Tirupati; hand painting of Srikalahasthi etc have been put on display for the exhibition. (KNN Bureau)
She said that service delivery mechanisms are being improved to make this happen, through schemes such as Direct Benefit Transfer.
She said this while inaugurating the Lepakshi Heritage Collection Exhibition and added that the exhibition features a fine variety of products made by the artisans themselves. She pointed that there are more than fifty crafts on display at the exhibition.
The exhibition is being organized by Andhra Pradesh Handicrafts Development Corporation Limited (an undertaking of the Government of Andhra Pradesh), from September 3 - 14, 2015.
The government is focusing on better coordination and stronger collaborations with state federations in promoting designs and in helping artisans tap the fast-growing demand from domestic as well as export markets, she said.
The Lepakshi Exhibition-cum-Sale is a promotional programme intended to help the craftspersons increase the sales of their products and thereby improve their living conditions.
Craftspersons, weavers and manufacturers of artistic handicrafts and textiles from different parts of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana exhibit and sell their products in this exhibition. Items from other states are also added to give a wider choice to craft lovers.
Products like world-famous Hyderabadi pearls; soft wood toys and dolls from Kondapalli, Etikoppaka and Nirmal Village; carved wooden wall panels and statues from Tirupati; hand painting of Srikalahasthi etc have been put on display for the exhibition. (KNN Bureau)
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