Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Saturday stressed for geographically highlighting and branding the districts as per their prominence in various specialised skills or products like handlooms, handicrafts, woodcraft, miniature paintings so that these can be popularised globally.
Presiding over the meeting of Himachal Pradesh Kaushal Vikas Nigam (HPKVN), he said district Chamba is fampus for ‘Rumal’, Kullu and Kinnaur for Shawls, caps, handlooms and handicrafts. Kangra paintings has already made its presence felt at national and international level and the need of the hour was to enhance the skills of those interested to continue with the traditional vocation for self-reliance.
Irrigation and Public Health Minister Mahender Singh Thakur emphasised on giving training in mushroom cultivation, tourism and training based upon the trades which could generate self employment avenues to the youth abroad. He also stressed upon training in plumbing, pump operating in his department to the youth besides, specialised training programme in horticulture sector which has vast scope of employability.