Bhubaneswar: The twentieth National degree Handloom Expo-2021 was inaugurated at IDCO Exhibition Ground, Unit-III in Bhubaneswar on Wednesday. It will proceed until seventeenth February.
Padmini Dian, Minister, Handlooms, Textiles and Handicrafts, Odisha inaugurated the Expo in presence of Ashok Chandra Panda, Minister, Science and Technology, Public Enterprisers, Social Security and Empowerment of Persons with Disability, Ananta Narayan Jena, MLA, Bhubaneswar (Central), Subha Sarma, Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Handlooms, Textiles and Handicrafts Department, Jyoti Prakash Das, Director of Textiles and Handloom, Odisha and managing Director, Boyanika and officers of the Department and Directorate.
Odisha State Handloom Weavers Co-op Society Ltd., the apex society of the State for advertising and marketing of hand-wovens, being declared as Implementing Agency on behalf of Handlooms, Textiles and Handicrafts Department, Government of Odisha is organising the Expo for offering a standard platform for advertising and marketing of their handloom merchandise of various states of the nation in addition to facilitating sustainable livelihood to the weavers.
This Expo is sponsored by Handlooms, Textiles and Handicrafts Department, Government of Odisha.
As many as 134 numbers of stalls are opened on this mela, out of which 84 stalls are meant for State members and relaxation for outdoor states, main PWCS of State of Odisha, main handloom organisations i.e. Apex and Corporations and main handloom clusters from 17 States of the Country like New Delhi, Uttarpradesh, Hariyana, J&Okay, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Puduchery, Tamilnadu, Telengana, Karnatak, Maharastra, Bihar, Rajsthan, West Bengal are collaborating on this Expo.
The Expo will stay open from 11.30 AM to 9.30 PM day by day. All ranges of handwovens of our nation can be found on this honest for the shoppers.
This Expo might be very enchanting for the weaver members as they are going to get likelihood to work together with one another on new designs, new abilities and methods, which can improve their know-hows for product diversification and for higher incomes.
All precautionary measures have been taken for adhering to the Covid guideline on this Mela. Last yr, the Expo has achieved gross sales of Rs., 9.50 Crore. This yr enterprise of greater than Rs. 10 Crore is predicted.
Boyanika is dedicated for all spherical socio financial improvement of the weavers of the State. This organisation is implementing numerous developmental programmes for the welfare of weavers of the State. Boyanika has been exploring each new horizon of markting for upliftment of Handloom business of the State.
