Saturday, June 14, 2008

Insurance, pension for artisans

Newindpress, 14th June, 2008
Express News Service

BHAWANIPATNA: An action plan has been chalked out by the taskforce for handicraft in Kalahandi district to boost handicraft and encourage artisans.According to the action plan it was decided to provide insurance benefit to artisans, pension to artisans above 65 years and honour a handicraft artisan and a handloom artisan in a district level function of Kalahandi Utsav every year.At the taskforce meeting chaired by Collector yesterday it was also decided to set up wood banks in Bhawanipatna, Khairpadar and Rengalpali villages to assist woodcraft artisans. A decision was taken to provide advance training in woodcraft, terracota and bamboo craft in different villages. Accordingly in the current financial year terracota training will be provided to artisans in Balisara, Malgund and Bandigaon villages, woodcraft training in Lanjigarh Road and bamboo craft training in Karlaguda village. It was decided to take urgent steps to electrify Kandagarh village to help stone carving artisans there.The meet took a decision to make arrangements for sending rural artisans on exposure trips to different places of Assam, Rajasthan, Madhya pradesh and UP so that they can gain with exchange of ideas.

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