The 38th edition of India International Trade Fair concluded on Tuesday with Bihar winning the ‘gold trophy’ for best presentation in the category States & Union Territories. While Himachal Pradesh bagged silver and Uttarakhand got bronze in the same category, Uttar Pradesh managed with an appreciation letter.
Union Minister for Commerce and Industries, Suresh Prabhu presented the awards to the participants.
“The competition among the states was a very healthy one. The states have done extremely well in terms of displaying with the resources available in the states. Congratulations to all the awardees,” said Prabhu.
In the North Eastern States category, Assam stood first while Nagaland and Mizoram got silver and bronze respectively.
Directorate of Income Tax bagged gold in the category of Ministries, Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) & Public Sector Enterprises (PSEs). In the same category, Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) settled for a silver trophy. Interestingly, this year’s theme was ‘Rural Enterprises of India’ and a huge focus was put on MSMEs.
In the same category, Khadi & Village Industries Commission (KVIC) won bronze while Geographical Indicators (GI) and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) got an appreciation letter each.
As far as the foreign sector category, participants from Turkey won the first prize while China won the silver and bronze was awarded to South Korea.
Awards were also given to private sector participants. In the category, gold trophy was given to Hari Darshan (India). Prime Time Vintage (India) won the silver and bronze was given to Arvind Dairy Private Limited (India).
Apart from that, the gold trophies were given to the partner country Afghanistan, focus country Nepal and focus state Jharkhand this year by the minister.