New Delhi (NVI): The 20th “Hunar Haat” will be held here from February 13 to 23, during which more than 250 master artisans, craftsmen and culinary experts will participate.
The Hunar Haat, an initiative of the Minority Affairs Ministry, showcases handmade indigenous products of master artisans and craftsmen are made available to the people.
This ‘Hunar Haat’ will be organised at the India Gate Lawns, Rajpath with the theme of “Kaushal Ko Kaam”.
Union Minister for Commerce and Industry, Piyush Goyal, Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi and the Union Minister for Urban Development Hardeep Singh Puri will inaugurate the festival.
These artisans will include more than 50 per cent women. They will bring with them indigenous exquisite handmade products.
Hundreds of people associate with these artisans in production of these handmade products.
On February 9, Naqvi had said that “Hunar Haat” has proved to be a “Mega Mission” of “Empowerment of Indigenous Legacy” of artisans.
“The Ministry of Minority Affairs is strengthening Prime Minister, Narendra Modi’s “dream project” to provide opportunity and market to the country’s rich heritage of arts and crafts,” he added.
“The Ministry of Minority Affairs is doing a historic task of preserving and promoting the magnificent heritage of the skilled people of every corner of the country and providing them national and international market,” he said.
He also said that “Hunar Haat” has become a “Mega Mission” of indigenous craft, cuisine and culture and economic empowerment of master artisans, craftsmen.
“The success of ‘Hunar Haat’ can be gauged from the fact that about 3 lakh master artisans, craftsmen and culinary experts have been provided employment and employment opportunities through this in the last about 3 years,” he said.
“These beneficiaries include a large number of women artisans,” he added.
Naqvi said that the Modi government is not only providing employment opportunities to master artisans and craftsmen, it is also preserving and promoting India’s indigenous traditional legacy of master artisans and craftsmen which was on the verge of extinction.
“Prime Minister, Narendra Modi-led government has sanctioned 100 “Hunar Hubs” in different parts of the country. Training is being provided to master artisans, craftsmen and traditional culinary experts according to modern needs in these “Hunar Hubs” and they are also being provided national-international markets,” he informed.
“So far, “Hunar Haat” have been organized at various places in the country such as Delhi, Mumbai, Prayagraj, Lucknow, Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Puducherry and Indore,” he added.
“The next ‘Hunar Haat’ will be organized at Ranchi from February 29 to March 8 and in Chandigarh from March 13 to 22,” he informed.
He further informed that in the coming days, “Hunar Haat” will be organized in Gurugram, Bengaluru, Chennai, Kolkata, Dehradun, Patna, Bhopal, Nagpur, Raipur, Puducherry, Amritsar, Jammu, Shimla, Goa, Kochi, Guwahati, Bhubneshwar, Ajmer and other places.
