New Delhi: Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla and Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Tuesday visited the on-going Hunar Haat, where artisans and craftsmen from across the nation are showcasing their beautiful handmade products.
Birla and Naqvi met the artisans and craftsmen and appreciated their work. The 10-day skill festival, being held at the India Gate lawns, was inaugurated by Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal on February 13.
Birla, while addressing a press conference after visiting the stalls, said the Ministry of Minority Affairs have provided a good platform to the artisans and craftsmen of the country where they could showcase and sell their products.
"They needed market for their products and it has been provided by the Hunar Haat," he said.
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Master artisans, craftsmen and culinary experts, including more than 50 per cent women, from across the country are participating in it.
"Hunar Haat, which is a minority affairs ministry initiative, gives small scale artisans, who come from across the villages and create products, a market to sell their products.
"The platform gives these expert artisans a great market as people from across the country can come and buy their products. I congratulate the Ministry and Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi and his team for the effort," Birla said, while visiting ''Hunar Haat'' at Rajpath.
Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi had earlier said about three lakh master artisans, craftsmen and culinary experts have been provided employment opportunities through ''Hunar Haat'' in the last about three years. He had said these beneficiaries include a large number of women artisans. (with agency inputs)
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