Handicrafts & Handloom Directorate holds handloom expo in Jammu

Jammu, Jan 5 (KNN) With the aim to showcase exquisite art & craft of Jammu Division, the Directorate of Handicrafts and Handloom, Jammu is organising a 15-day Handloom Expo.

The expo is being held under the Guidance of Principal Secretary Industries and Commerce Department, Prashant Goyal, and is sponsored by the Development Commissioner for Handlooms, Ministry of Textiles, GoI under National Handloom Development Programme.

The fifteen-day expo was inaugurated on Wednesday by Samita Sethi, Secretary in Industries & Commerce Department along with Director Handicrafts & Handloom Jammu, Vikas Gupta.

Speaking on the occasion, Sethi said, “the handloom expo will provide artisans, weavers and cooperative societies a suitable marketing platform to sell their products directly to the buyers and provide the tourists and locals an opportunity to get a glimpse of the rich art and craft of Jammu Division.”

She appealed to people to visit the expo site and support the local artisans and weavers by purchasing local handmade products.

To widen the base of the craftsmen community in the Jammu division, the department has registered over 3000 craftsmen this year. This will enable these artisans and weavers to avail benefits of the different schemes being sponsored by the department.  (KNN Bureau)