President Kalam calls for empowerment of handloom sector
13 Dec '05
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Following is the text of President, Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam address during the presentation of the National Award to Master Craftperson's and Weavers.
"Empowering the Indian crafts and weaving sector I am indeed delighted to participate in this function for presenting the National Awards for the year 2002, 2003 and 2004 to the Artisans and Weavers.
I congratulate all the awardees for their excellent contribution in preserving, promoting and enriching the traditional and cultural heritage of our country through the unique art-forms of crafting and weaving.
I am sure such recognition for the innovative and skilled workmanship of these creative persons, who have come from different parts of the country, provides an encouragement for others to work hard to bring prosperity to the Handicraft and weaving sector. I would like to talk on the topic "Empowering the Indian crafts and weaving sector.
Capacity Building Handicraft and handloom sector together provides livelihood for more than 12 million people in our country. Handicraft and handloom sector contributes to over four billion dollars of export and has enormous potential to provide productive employment to large number of craft persons and weavers.
There are also opportunities to create enterprises in rural, semi-urban and urban areas. However, we have to see how we can empower our craftsman and weavers such that people will get interested in crafts work and specialized weaving work. That means we have to build capacity amongst artisans and handloom weavers through technology and training.
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