‘Hunar Haat’ enjoying key function in making ‘Vocal for Native’ marketing campaign a mass motion: Naqvi
‘Hunar Haat’, the Minority Affairs Ministry’s flagship initiative to inspire grasp artisans, is enjoying a “extraordinary” function in making “Vocal for Native” marketing campaign a mass motion, Union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi stated on Saturday.
Addressing media individuals on the ‘Hunar Haat’ being held on the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium right here, the Minority Affairs Minister stated greater than 12 lakh other people have visited the ‘Hunar Haat’ which opened on February 20.
The collection of guests is prone to cross over 16 lakh within the subsequent two days. The ‘Hunar Haat’ will likely be concluding on March 1, 2021.
The 10-day ‘Hunar Haat’ was once inaugurated by means of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.
A number of ministers, MPs, senior executive officers, quite a lot of diplomats, industrialists have come right here to inspire the artisans and craftsmen, Naqvi stated.
He stated the ministry’s flagship initiative has change into a “proud promoter” of Top Minister Narendra Modi’s “Vocal for Native” marketing campaign with other people buying hand-crafted merchandise of indigenous artisans and craftsmen value crores of rupees.
Greater than 600 artisans and craftsmen from greater than 31 States and Usaare taking part within the ‘Hunar Haat’ in New Delhi.
Artisans and craftsmen from states and Usasuch as Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Ladakh, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, are taking part within the ‘Hunar Haat’ right here for the show and sale in their merchandise.
Naqvi stated beautiful indigenous hand-crafted merchandise similar to Applique paintings, jute-cane, brass merchandise, picket and clay toys, Ajrakh block print, blue artwork pottery, pashmina scarf, Khadi merchandise, Banarasi Silk, Lac bangles, Rajasthani jewelry, Phulkari, Khurja pottery are to be had on the market and show on the ‘Haat’.
The guests additionally loved conventional cuisine from each and every area of the rustic at ‘Bawarchikhana’ phase, Naqvi stated.
Other cultural and musical programmes had been carried out at he ‘Haat’ right here by means of famend artists of the rustic similar to Shri Vinod Rathore, Nizami Brothers and Sudesh Bhonsle.
The ‘Hunar Haat’ has equipped employment and employment alternatives to greater than 5,30,000 artisans, craftsmen and artists, Naqvi stated.
The Union Ministry of Minority Affairs will supply employment and employment alternatives to 7,50,000 artisans and craftsmen thru 75 ‘Hunar Haat’ which will likely be organised by means of finishing touch of 75 years of the rustic’s independence in 2022.
The following ‘Hunar Haat’ will likely be organised in Bhopal (March 12-21); Goa (March 25-April 4); Kota (April 9-18). ‘Hunar Haat’ may also be organised in Hyderabad, Mumbai, Jaipur, Patna, Prayagraj, Ranchi, Jammu and Kashmir, amongst different puts, this 12 months.
Naqvi stated ‘Hunar Haat’ is to be had on digital and on-line platform http://hunarhaat.org and at the Govt e-Market (GeM) Portal the place the folk should buy merchandise of indigenous artisans and craftsmen.
