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17 Aug 2023

Handloom Marketing Assistance

Objectives:

• To Develop and promote marketing channels in domestic and export markets and bring about linkage between the two in a holistic and integrated manner.

• To Provide marketing opportunities to handloom workers with special focus on talented and uncovered weavers.

Components of HMA:

1. Domestic Marketing Promotion

2. Handloom Export Promotion

3. Setting up of Urban Haats

4. Marketing Incentive (MI)

[A] Handloom Awards

Handloom Awards is conferred on the Handloom Weavers, Designers, Handloom organizations and Marketing Agencies for showing excellence in the handloom sector under National Handloom Development Programme (NHDP).

Objectives

» Recognize extraordinary skills of handloom weavers, designers, organizations and Marketing Agencies who have contributed significantly to the promotion, development and preservation of weaving tradition and welfare of the weaving community.

» Encourage young weavers to continue with the work in a more enthusiastic and productive manner and encourage others to emulate them.

» Reward individuals/ organizations to adopt innovative measures for marketing of handloom products and recognize their achievements.

» Spread awareness about adoption of innovative Technology advancements in production of handloom products by weavers/ organizations and their achievements in terms of increase in production.

Participants for Craft Melas:

• For participation in all crafts melas except Surajkund crafts mela, the stalls will be allotted to the handloom awardees, and handloom clusters/agencies with HLM/IHB registration. Such handloom clusters/ agencies would include cooperative societies, PCs, producer groups, SHG, JLG, federations etc.

• In all Craft Melas, uncovered & talented weavers to be allowed participation up to 20% of the total stalls, on recommendation of WSCs concerned.

• For participation in Surajkund crafts mela, stalls will be allotted to Sant Kabir awardees, National Awardees/National Handloom awardees, National Merit certificate holders, IHB registration holders, State awardees including uncovered & talented weavers (Limited to 20% of the total stalls, on recommendation of WSCs concerned).

[C] Dilli Haat Exhibits

Participation in Dilli Haat, Exhibits, New Delhi:- Delhi Tourism has allocated certain stalls for allotment at Dilli Haat, New Delhi by the Office of DC (HL). The allotment of stalls in Dilli Haat would be done by a committee of at least two Officers from the Office of DC (HL) through computerized draw or open lottery, while seeking a fair distribution amongst States based on number of applications received.

Benefits

  • Stall rent/ infrastructure, electricity charges, publicity expenses, freight charges, back up services, administrative expenses etc.

  • Rs. 1.50 lakh for meeting the expenses in registering the designs/products. • Rs.1.50 lakh to impart training to personnel of IA and for effective enforcement of G.I. registration. • Financial assistance will be provided for organizing seminars, workshops etc., on merit of the proposal.
  • Export promotion – Maximum of Rs. 30.00 lakh for venue cost, administrative expenses, stall decoration/ maintenance, publicity, cost of catalogues, translation and interpreter charges and any other component approved by the DC (HL). 
  • Travel grant for foreign visitors would be on actual basis or Rs. 50,000/-, whichever is less per participant.
  • Financial support for establishing urban haats


Eligiblility :


Clusters/agencies such as cooperative societies, PCs, producer groups, SHG, JLG, federations etc