Indian handicrafts facing competition from machine-made products: Rashmi Verma
Aamir H Kaki Indian handicrafts are facing competition from machine made products from countries such as China. But buyers know the difference between machine made and hand-crafted products as these are of superior quality, Rashmi Verma, Secretary - Textiles, Ministry of Textiles said while inaugurating the 43rd edition of Indian Handicrafts and Gifts Fair (IHGF) Delhi Fair Spring 2017 organised by EPCH (Export Promotion Council for Handicrafts) on Thursday at Expo Mart, Greater Noida. She congratulated the EPCH for successfully bagging IHGF-Delhi Fair in the Limca Book of World Records as the world’s largest congregation of handicrafts exhibitors under one roof. “Every time I visit this fair I always see new product lines on display and this is the reason that a large ...
Uttar Pradesh to introduce new export policy to promote small entrepreneurs
Himanshu Vatsa | The Dollar Business The Uttar Pradesh government is likely to bring a new policy to encourage small entrepreneurs and promote exports, Bhagwat Saran Gangwar, Minister of State for Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) in the state government, said on Tuesday. “We had a consultation with export associations and industrialists and discussed various issues. Based on information provided by them, Uttar Pradesh government has incorporated all the relevant subjects in a new policy to benefit exporters. The government is soon to bring a separate export policy to provide all kinds of support to exporters in the state,” Gangwar said at a seminar on ‘Energising Entrepreneurs for International Trade’ held in Noida, UP. The minister said that his government ...
