Artisans Current Affairs, GK & News
NABARD Grameena Habba
‘Grameena Habba,’ a platform for rural artisans to sell handicraft, agricultural, and handloom products, is being held by NABARD’s Karnataka regional office in Bengaluru till March 14. Overview: This event features handloom sarees, handmade arts, home decors, handwoven clothing material, natural beauty products, tribal products, jewellery, organic food products, and accessories from weavers, rural artisans, ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2022
Category: Art & Culture Current Affairs • Events Current Affairs • India Nation & States Current Affairs • States Current Affairs
Topics: agricultural • Artisans • Chhattisgarh • Grameena Habba • Handicraft • handloom products • Haryana • Kerala • Madhya Pradesh • NABARD • Odisha • Tamil Nadu • Telangana • Uttar Pradesh
KVIC’s Khadi Handmade Paper Slippers
KVIC is Khadi and Village Industries Commission. It operates under Ministry of MSME. It has recently launched hand made use and throw paper slippers and also khadi baby wear slippers. About Khadi baby wear For the first time, the KVIC has introduced baby wear produce. The Khadi baby wear can be used by babies up ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2022
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs - 2022
Topics: Artisans • babywear • Cotton • eco-friendly • Handicraft Artisans • Kashi Vishwanath Temple • Khadi • Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) • KVIC • Makar Sankranti • MSME • Paper • paper slipper • use and throw paper slipper
Ministry of Textiles launches “Local4Diwali” campaign
The Union Ministry of Textiles has launched a campaign for Diwali- “Local4Diwali”. The campaign has been launched to promote the Indian handicraft which is the cultural heritage of the country and also a source of livelihood for many. As per the available data, the handicrafts sector is a major sector of women empowerment as almost ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2020
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Topics: Aatmanirbhar Bharat • Artisans • campaign • Diwali • Handicrafts • Ministry of Power • Textiles • vocal for local • Women Empowerment
Hunar Haat resumes operation after 7 months gap due to COVID-19
Hunar Haat has restarted from November 11 after a gap of around seven months due to the COVID-19 pandemic. To mark the beginning of operations, Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi inaugurated ‘Hunar Haat’ at Delhi Haat, Pitampura. The Hunar Haat is being organized by the IITF, Pragati Maidan from November 11 to ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2020
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Topics: Artisans • Bamboo • Craftsmen • employment generation • hunar haat • vocal for local
Flipkart’s Samarth supports 6 lakh artisans in India
Walmart-owned Flipkart has stated that it supports over six lakhs artisans, craftsmen and weavers in the country through its Samarth Program and it is also working on onboarding more such sellers to the said platform. Launched last year, Samarth platform is a partnership of the e-commerce giant with five NGOs to help the artisans use ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2020
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs
Topics: Artisans • Craftsmen • Flipkart • NGOs • Samarth • Walmart • Walmart Vriddhi • weavers