In order to provide all facilities and promotion of their products of the handicraft artists, State government has prepared a “ Handicraft’ Policy in the state.
Talking to media persons in Bareilly on Saturday, Minister of State for Small Scale Industries and Export Promotion Bhagwat Sharan Gangwar said that this policy will strengthen the backbone of the handicraft artisan in the state besides it will also promote their products and would be able to export them in a big way.
Gangwar said that besides the Handicraft policy, the UP government has also made an export policy to promote the small entrepreneurs and artisans. Presently State accounts for 54 per cent of the total exports from the country. “It is our achievement that the exports from the State has touched to 85,000 crores in 2014-15 when it was just 37,000 crores when the Samajwadi Party government came to power in the State in 2012,” he added.
Talking about the initiatives taken in Bareilly, in his own home district, he said that an expo mart has been set up which was inaugurated by Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav recently. He also said that an exclusive portal for the exports of UP would be prepared so that each and every products made in the state would be highlighted in the international arena. The minister also stressed the need to improve the quality of products made in Bareilly including furniture, carpet, manjha for kite flying, and surma ( eye-blackner) etc.