Union Minister for Social Justice & Empowerment Thaawar Chand Gehlot today visited Shilpotsav-- the annual fair of artisans from across the country here.
He said that Shilpotsav provides an opportunity for creating awareness among the general public and target group in particular about the variety of activities pursued by the beneficiaries under various schemes of NBCFDC, NSFDC, NHFDC, NSKFDC, National Trust and National Institutes.
It also spread the message of poverty alleviation through concessional finance and marketing linkages, he was quoted by a press release as saying.
In addition to providing social justice to people through economic empowerment the Finance Corporations are doing their best to provide marketing platform to the artisans, he added.
The Minister also said that such events provide information about developmental programmes and opportunity to the artisans for interaction with potential buyers and exporters.
Training to artisans in skill upgradation is another area where Corporations are required to put their efforts to identify the training needs of the artisans and arranging best possible training to these people, he said.
The training will help these people in competing with their competitors based in India and abroad, he added.
The range of products in this fair includes - silk sarees, durries, readymade garments, terracotta product, jute products, dress material, kashmiri shawls/stoles, leather, cane & bamboo products, hand embroidery, bead products, pearls, imitation jewellery, lakh products, decorative candles, wood carving, block printing, wooden toys, tie & dye, wood, and marble artifacts.
