{"id":110179,"date":"2021-10-17T17:14:58","date_gmt":"2021-10-17T11:44:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsmakhani.com\/?p=110179"},"modified":"2021-10-17T17:16:24","modified_gmt":"2021-10-17T11:46:24","slug":"khadi-exhibition-and-khadi-kareegar-sammelan-inaugurated-in-varanasi-to-strengthen-artisans-and-traditional-arts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsnarad.com\/pa\/khadi-exhibition-and-khadi-kareegar-sammelan-inaugurated-in-varanasi-to-strengthen-artisans-and-traditional-arts\/","title":{"rendered":"Khadi exhibition and Khadi Kareegar Sammelan inaugurated in Varanasi to strengthen artisans and traditional arts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"qtranxs-available-languages-message qtranxs-available-languages-message-pa\">\u0a2e\u0a3e\u0a2b\u0a3c \u0a15\u0a30\u0a28\u0a3e, \u0a07\u0a39 \u0a16\u0a2c\u0a30 \u0a24\u0a41\u0a39\u0a3e\u0a21\u0a40 \u0a2c\u0a47\u0a28\u0a24\u0a40 \u0a2d\u0a3e\u0a38\u0a3c\u0a3e \u0a35\u0a3f\u0a71\u0a1a \u0a09\u0a2a\u0a32\u0a2c\u0a27 \u0a28\u0a39\u0a40\u0a02 \u0a39\u0a48\u0964 <a href=\"https:\/\/newsmakhani.com\/en\/\">\u0a15\u0a3f\u0a30\u0a2a\u0a3e \u0a15\u0a30\u0a15\u0a47 \u0a07\u0a71\u0a25\u0a47 \u0a26\u0a47\u0a16\u0a4b\u0964<\/a><\/p><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"text-center\">\n<h2><strong style=\"color: #444444;font-size: 16px\">Delhi 17 OCT 2021<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p>Union Minister of State for MSME Shri Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma inaugurated a state-of-the-art Khadi exhibition displaying exquisite handcrafted products from 20 Indian states in Varanasi today. KVIC also organized a \u201c<em>Khadi Kareegar Sammelan<\/em>\u201d (Khadi artisans\u2019 conference), which was attended by over 2000 Khadi artisans, mostly women, from Varanasi and 12 adjoining districts like Prayagraj, Jaunpur, Mirzapur, Ghazipur, Sonbhadra, etc.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pib.gov.in\/WriteReadData\/userfiles\/image\/image001J6G4.jpg\" width=\"527\" height=\"348\" \/><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsmakhani.com\/more-than-4-crore-unorganized-workers-registered-at-e-shram-portal-indias-first-national-database-on-unorganized-workers\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">READ MORE :-More than 4 crore unorganized workers registered at e-Shram Portal, India\u2019s first National Database on Unorganized Workers<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A total of 105 stalls have been set up by Khadi Institutions from states like Uttar Pradesh, Jammu &amp; Kashmir, Punjab, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Leh-Ladakh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Bihar, West Bengal and others. A number of Khadi institutions, PMEGP units and several SFURTI clusters from various states have also set up their stalls.<\/p>\n<p>A range of exquisite Khadi products including the premium High Altitude Honey from Jammu &amp; Kashmir, a wide variety of Kashmiri and Rajasthani woolen shawls, Muslin fabric from West Bengal, a variety of silk fabric from West Bengal and Bihar, Koti Shawls from Punjab, leather products from Kanpur, terracotta pottery from Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh, the widely acclaimed hand-knotted carpets of Mirzapur and Prayagraj are the biggest attractions in the exhibition. This is the second such exhibition organized by KVIC in Varanasi since the Covid-19 lockdown.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pib.gov.in\/WriteReadData\/userfiles\/image\/image0028H6F.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>MoS Shri Verma lauded KVIC for organizing the Khadi exhibition and\u00a0<em>Khadi kareegar Sammelan<\/em>\u00a0saying this aimed at strengthening the artisans. He said, in the last few years, Varanasi has emerged as a hub of various Khadi activities. Almost all rural and traditional arts like spinning, weaving, beekeeping and pottery have been promoted on a large scale here, that has created self-employment for the artisans and made them\u00a0<em>aatmanirbhar<\/em>. He said, this exhibition will also provide these artisans a big platform to market their products and enhance their income.<\/p>\n<p>KVIC Chairman Shri Saxena said the state level Khadi exhibition at Varanasi was a manifestation of Khadi artisans\u2019 commitment for \u201c<em>Aatmanirbhar Bharat<\/em>\u201d. He said, KVIC has set up a large number of Khadi Institutions, PMEGP units and SFURI clusters to strengthen the traditional arts and empower the local artisans. He added that this exhibition will be a big boost for the \u2018Vocal for Local\u2019 initiative and also promote Khadi.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pib.gov.in\/WriteReadData\/userfiles\/image\/image00308D8.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Notably, Varanasi which is also the Parliamentary Constituency of the Prime Minister, has rolled out a number of activities to promote Khadi and support the artisans. As any as 134 Khadi Institutions are currently working in Varanasi where women comprise nearly 80% of the total workforce.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u0a2e\u0a3e\u0a2b\u0a3c \u0a15\u0a30\u0a28\u0a3e, \u0a07\u0a39 \u0a16\u0a2c\u0a30 \u0a24\u0a41\u0a39\u0a3e\u0a21\u0a40 \u0a2c\u0a47\u0a28\u0a24\u0a40 \u0a2d\u0a3e\u0a38\u0a3c\u0a3e \u0a35\u0a3f\u0a71\u0a1a \u0a09\u0a2a\u0a32\u0a2c\u0a27 \u0a28\u0a39\u0a40\u0a02 \u0a39\u0a48\u0964 \u0a15\u0a3f\u0a30\u0a2a\u0a3e \u0a15\u0a30\u0a15\u0a47 \u0a07\u0a71\u0a25\u0a47 \u0a26\u0a47\u0a16\u0a4b\u0964 Delhi 17 OCT 2021 Union Minister of State for MSME Shri Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma inaugurated a state-of-the-art Khadi exhibition displaying exquisite handcrafted products from 20 Indian states in Varanasi today. KVIC also organized a \u201cKhadi Kareegar Sammelan\u201d (Khadi artisans\u2019 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":110180,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[109,122],"tags":[59924,9010,59927,59925,59928,8989,59926,43589,23524,865],"class_list":{"0":"post-110179","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national","8":"category-news","9":"tag-khadi-kareegar-sammelan","10":"tag-aatmanirbhar-bharat","11":"tag-jaunpur","12":"tag-khadi-exhibition","13":"tag-mirzapur","14":"tag-msme","15":"tag-prayagraj","16":"tag-shri-bhanu-pratap-singh-verma","17":"tag-union-minister","18":"tag-uttar-pradesh"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsnarad.com\/pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsnarad.com\/pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsnarad.com\/pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsnarad.com\/pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsnarad.com\/pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110179"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsnarad.com\/pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110179\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsnarad.com\/pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/110180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsnarad.com\/pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsnarad.com\/pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsnarad.com\/pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}