The Minister of State for Commerce Shri Jairam Ramesh gave a written reply in the Lok Sabha about handloom and handicrafts export.
The Government has taken the following steps to promote export of handloom and handicrafts:
- In the Foreign Trade Policy (2004-09) handloom and handicraft sectors have been identified as thrust areas for special focus initiatives.
- The Government has decided to develop a trademark for handloom on the lines of “Woolmark” and “Silkmark”.
- New towns of excellence in handloom sector with a threshold value of Rs. 250 crore have been notified at Kannur, Kekra, Karur and Madurai.
- Financial assistance has been provided to the Export Promotion Council for Handicrafts for setting up of Common Facility Centres for design development.
- Assistance to the Handloom Export Promotion Council and the Export Promotion Council for Handicrafts is provided for participation in International trade fairs and organizing Reverse Buyer-Seller Meets in India.
The Government has provided financial support to the handicraft sector in setting up common facility centers for design development at Saharanpur, Jodhpur and also for aggressive international marketing project of development of North-Eastern Crafts.
The office of Development Commissioner (Handlooms), Ministry of Textiles has been implementing a scheme under the name “Handloom Export Scheme”.
This scheme provides financialassistance to the eligible agencies for development of exportable range of handloom products and international marketing thereof. At present there is no proposal to review the guidelines of the scheme.
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