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 ...
Weaving Wonders... Her Way
Rashmi Verma, who recently joined the Ministry of Textiles (Government of India), as the new Secretary, is making all the right moves to give exports from this all-important industry a leg-up. Ahmad Shariq Khan | March 2016 Issue | The Dollar Business Rashmi Verma, Secretary, Ministry of Textiles, GoI Rashmi Verma, an IAS officer of 1982-batch of Bihar cadre, a postgraduate in political science and an MBA from the University of Hull (Yorkshire, England), has recently taken charge as Secretary, Ministry of Textiles, Government of India. Rashmi, who previously held the charge of Special Secretary at the Department of Revenue in Finance Ministry, feels strongly that in this new role she would be able to make a difference, which she has always ...
