The ongoing National Furniture and Décor Fair showcases a wide range of traditional and modern furnishings
National Furniture, Furnishing and Décor Fair is being organised by India Trade Promotion Organisation (ITPO) at Pragati Maidan from October 12 to 20. The fair was inaugurated by Malay Srivastava, ED, ITPO and Sunil Sethi, President, FDCI.
National Furniture Furnishing and Décor Fair is a specialised retail show and is showcasing a wide range of traditional and modern furniture, furnishing and décor to enhance the aesthetics of premises to provide comfort and functional utility. The display profile covers all kinds of domestic and office furniture including doors in wood and brass metal furniture for bathrooms, bed-rooms, dinning rooms, modular kitchens, living rooms, offices, lounge and outdoors and all types of furnishing products and décor products. Meenakshi Singh, OSD, ITPO and Supervisory Incharge of the event, during inauguration, said that ITPO is committed to promote Indian Trade & Industry in India and Abroad. To achieve this objective, ITPO is organising the National Furniture Furnishing and Decor Fair. This event will show case the Indian potential in this sector. During the currency of the event, a seminar on “Busines Potential in Furniture, Furnishing and Décor Sector in India and Abroad” was organised on October 14, at Hall Number 8, Pragati Maidan. The seminar was addressed by Rita Memon, CMD, ITPO and Jaya Jaitely, Sita Nanda, Maneck Khanna, leading personalities in this Sector. Jaya Jaitely raised the problem of furniture and furnishing sector being an unorganised industry which is facing a lot of problems in view of the multinationals coming into this segment. She emphasised the need for brand building in view of the competition from Chinese and other South-East Asian countries. Sita Nanda a leading interior designer focused on the passion to produce furniture and treating furniture as an Art. She proposed to form an association of the people in this sector so that the problems of this sector can be adequately represented at the higher level. Maneck Khanna a leading architect highlighted the problem of inter-state multiple taxes which enhances the cost of the furniture exorbitantly. He emphasised that furniture is an art and is not getting due support from the government due to its unorganised nature. Rita Menon, CMD, ITPO assured the industry that ITPO will try to give exposure to international markets of latin America, ASEAN and Africa region through ITPO overseas events.