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| Carpet export crossed Rs 1200 Cr | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | June 21
With an aim to hike the annual handicraft export revenue to Rs 2000 crores, the Jammu and Kashmir government has come up with an ambitious plan to boost the sector for which this state is known to the outer world.
Jammu and Kashmir annually produced handicrafts worth Rs. 1600 crore of which exports account for Rs. 1400 crore. The exports include Rs. 1200 crore worth carpets alone. The government is making effort to create suitable infrastructure so that the annual handicrafts exports revenue reaches to Rs. 2000.
There are en estimated 3.5 lakh artisans associated with the handicraft and this perhaps the single largest workforce engaged in any particular sector after agriculture.
With a view to give boost to the handicraft sector, the central government has decided to set up two Silk clusters one each at Nowshera in Jammu and Srinagar in Kashmir. These would be established during next 18 months at a cost of Rs. 4 crore in collaboration with department of Sericulture Jammu and Kashmir.
The Union Minister for Textile Shankersinh Vaghela who was Srinagar where he had a meeting with Minister for Industries & Commerce Nawang Rigzin Jora has said that the central government accords top priority to the handicraft sector in Jammu and Kashmir.
Vaghela said that the cluster scheme will provide all farm and rearing implement support to the farmers besides technical know how help in creating self help groups especially of unemployed youth. This approach of Central Silk Board would prove more beneficial in the promotion of silk industry in the state, he added.
The Union Minister said that for giving market support to silk sector a silk market will be organised in July 2008 under Silk Mark brand to enhance the marketing facilities to silk exporters of the State. He said that the Central government would extend full support for promotion and sustenance of the sector.
To impart training to the artisans, the government has also set up the craft development center. The Rs. 10 crore Craft Development Institute would help in transforming the State’s craft sector other than carpet through innovation, education and integrated development by introducing fresh approaches in revitalising traditional craft concepts and cultivate visionary leadership to promote crafts.
The institute has already established itself by developing new designs and conducting training programmes. It has also started 2 years’ post-graduate programme of craft management and entrepreneurial leadership, the first in the country. The Indian Institute of Carpet Technology, costing Rs. 6 crore, would provide human resource in modern technology for carpets by introducing computer technology in designing, besides developing new looms and provide consultancy in the field of carpet technology. |
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