GI tags big shot to Kashmir Handicraft: CCIK

New Delhi, Feb 19 (KNN) Chamber of Commerce and Industry Kashmir (CCIK) has hailed the efforts of the Directorate of Handicrafts and Handloom in getting the GI tags to most of the Kashmir handicraft products.

In a statement, CCIK President Tariq Rashid Ghani said the GI tags to the indigenous Hlhandicrafts products will save Kashmir's unique art and craft and promote artisans. 

Ghani appreciated the efforts of Director Handicrafts and Handloom Mahmood Shah for taking painstaking efforts in ensuring the age-old craft gets world recognition and is saved from fictitious products.

CCIK said many fraudulent traders were selling and passing imported carpets and shawls as hand-knotted Kashmiri products bringing the bad image to Kashmir's craft and artisans.

He said GI tags to carpets and other handicraft products are a big shot for the Kashmiri artisans and for Kashmir. 

The Handicraft is one of the mainstays of the economy fetching huge foreign exhange to Kashmir and contributing to employment generation, he added.

Ghani assured full support to the Handicraft department in promoting genuine Kashmir Handicraft. (KNN Bureau)