L C Goyal announces theme for next year at ITPO’s award function during the closing ceremony of IITF 2021
Complimenting the India Trade Promotion Organisation(ITPO) for holding a very successful edition of the 40th edition of India International Trade Fair (IITF), Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, the Minister for Minority Affairs, Government of India pointed out that IITF 2021 has remained highly successful with enhanced number of participants, despite all challenges and time constraints. The organisers deserve all the appreciation. He shared that the event has generated brisk business in the fair including Hunar Haat.
Present on the occasion were L C Goyal, chairman and managing director of ITPO, and Vibhu Nayar, ED of ITPO, along with participants from India and abroad.
Announcing the theme of next IITF — ‘Vocal for local, local to go global’, Goyal hoped that the next edition of the event would be the largest ever after completion of the remaining IECC project of the Pragati Maidan. He informed that the as per preliminary reports and estimation, the fair has generated an economic activity of `1,000 crores which is an indication of economy fast returning to normal in the post pandemic situation. He also expressed happiness over the participation response and enthusiasm of the visitors.
The Awards for Excellence in Display were presented by the Union Minister in different categories. Bihar was honoured with gold medals in the partner state as well as in the state/UT categories, while both of the focus states, Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand, were also awarded gold. Assam was conferred silver medal, Kerala bronze and Madhya Pradesh was given special appreciation.
Coir Board won gold medal, the Ministry of Minority Affairs (Hunar Haat) bagged silver, while the Ministry of Ayush and Ministry of Health & Family Welfare were honoured with bronze medals. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) and National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC), Ministry of Cooperation, were commended with special appreciation in the ministries & dept/PSU and PSB and commodity boards.
In the foreign sector, gold medal was conferred to Syed Junaid Alam WLL (Bahrain), while Bangladesh High Commission won the silver, Tillo Hediyelik Esya Sanayi (Turkey) received bronze and Silver Palace (Iran) was honoured with special appreciation.
In the private sector, Shyam Tilpatti Udyog, Flora Appliances Pvt Ltd, Wooden Art received gold, silver and bronze medals, respectively, RDM Care (India) Pvt Ltd and Pansari Industries were conferred with the special appreciation.