Agartala, Aug 12 (KNN) Jishnu Dev Varma, Deputy Chief Minister of Tripura has urged the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) to help in the promotion of state’s handloom products segment at the national level.

He said this on Thursday while addressing an inaugural programme on ‘National Handloom Day’ organized by NABARD, Tripura Chapter at the premises of Purbasha Urban Haat in state capital.

Deputy CM pointed out that Tripura’s handloom is lagging the attention of the national market despite receiving immense response like other sectors in the state.

“In India, as the handloom materials is having a good hold, it is expected that Tripura’s handloom will also get good response in the national market,” he added.

He criticised the inefficient role of the previous government for taking no positive steps to market the handloom products of Tripura.

In 2018, the traditional ‘Risha’ of indigenous people were well accustomed by the other states of India as now ‘Risha’ is the face of Tripura, he said.

“As Handloom is a vast sector and Tripura’s handloom need to be organized from unorganized sector. Hence, I am asking the NABARD’s General Manager to hold a research for marketing state’s handloom products in the national markets,” he said.

An exhibition cum sale of the products of weavers and artisans of different districts of Tripura is being organised from 11 August to 14 August.  (KNN Bureau)