JAIPUR: Rajasthan Uddhyam Protsahan Sansthan, a subsidiary of the state industry department, has issued guidelines to facilitate exhibitions and trade fairs for traditional arts and crafts, including handicrafts.
The department will maintain a calendar of such events and a dedicated state-level cell will also be set up to facilitate the process, said Archana Singh, commissioner industries and chairman of Uddhyam Protsahan Sansthan.
The Sansthan was constituted in 1995 for promoting handicrafts and handlooms and has four urban and 10 rural haats operating in various districts of the state. Among the Urban Haats, the one at Jaipur has been proposed to be developed on lines of Delhi Haat.
The guidelines have provisions for establishment of cafeterias and other facilities at the haats and make them even more attractive for visitors, said Singh. The department has shortlisted 14 types of fairs to be held on regular basis including handloom, silk and khadi, spice fair, book fairs and others. tnn