Srinagar, Feb 5: A delegation of the Associated Chamber of Commerce and Industries-Kashmir (CCIK), led by its President Latif A. Bhat, held a meeting in a cordial atmosphere with Director of Handicrafts, Mehmood Ahmed Shah, on February 2.
In a statement received by Ziraat Times, CCIK spokesperson said that the members of the delegation first congratulated and welcomed Mr Mehmood as the Director of the Handicrafts Department.
“The members held thorough discussion on handicraft sector with him, in which stress was laid on differentiating between the hand made products and machine made products by organizing awareness programmes throughout India. Also, the department should make Geographical Identification (G.I) tagging for all handicraft items necessary so that it could benefit the artisans”, Haseeb Renzu
Secretary General, CCIK said.
The CCIK also requested the Handicrafts Department to hold exhibitions all over India and make CCIK as the sponsor of such exhibitions. The members also requested for representation of CCIK in Handicraft Board, which, it was learnt, was in the process of formation.