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Smriti Irani promises to resolve issues of handicraft exporters soon
Ministries of environment and textiles will soon meet to find long-term as well as short-term solutions to the challenges being faced by domestic handicrafts exporters. A meeting to resolve the issues of Indian handicrafts exporters will soon be convened, Textiles Minister Smriti Irani has said. Pointing out the wood industry and the woodcrafts sector need the support of Environment Ministry, Irani said: "My colleague in the Environment Ministry Anil Madhav Dave is extremely cognizant of the challenges faced and we will soon convene a meeting between the two ministries so that the issues with regard to the handicrafts exporters can be resolved". The meeting, she said, will also seek to find "short-term as well as long-term solutions" to the challenges being faced by the domestic handicrafts exporters in accessing world markets. The minister was addressing an export award function organised by Export Promotion Council for Handicrafts (EPCH) late last evening. 134 exporters (66
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Handicrafts exports to grow by 10% to Rs 23,560 crore in FY17: EPCH
For the April-September 2016 period, the exports reported a growth of 18.25 per cent year-on-year to Rs 13,005.35 crore