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ISHTIYAQ AHMAD
EARLY TIMES REPORT
SRINAGAR, Sept 4: Amid COVID-19, people associated with the handicrafts sector in Kashmir are suffering badly.
Kashmir Artisans said over 2.5 lakh people associated with handicrafts are in bad shape.
“We are neither able to export goods in the international market nor there is any domestic market. All the orders made earlier this year have been cancelled,” one of the artisans said.
The business body has also raised the issue with Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and sought special packages in every sector which suffered heavy losses for the last one year. “We told her that every sector in Kashmir has suffered badly for the last one year. There is no cash flow in markets. Over five lakh people have become jobless. We told her that a special package should be announced for every sector,” they said
“The Finance Minister told us that she already spoke to Lieutenant Governor regarding businesses in Jammu and Kashmir. She assured us that the Centre will provide help to the business community in the best possible way,” they added.
Sitharaman has said that the Centre was keen to listen and understand the ground situation as that helped in formulating policies.
She said, “We are interacting with all the stakeholders in the industry and we have been benefitted from this. We want to keep our ears close to the ground and based on the inputs from various stakeholders, policy changes are made.”
She said that she had met the new J&K Lt Governor Manoj Sinha who also spoke about greater support and more resources for the UT. |
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