CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -It is an initiative of Union Textiles Ministry for ‘Linking Textile with Tourism’. It aims to promote craft and tourism by providing infrastructure support to handicraft clusters.

Detailed explanation-2: -Craft village is a modern-day concept wherein craft promotion and tourism are being taken up at single location. Artisans live and work at the same place and are also provided with the opportunity to sell their products thereby ensuring livelihood.

Detailed explanation-3: -Ambedkar Hastshilp Vikas Yojana: To support artisans with their infrastructure, technology and human resource development needs. The objective of mobilising artisans into self-help groups and societies with the agenda of facilitating bulk production and economies in procurement of raw materials.

Detailed explanation-4: -Government has been linking major tourist destinations with the handicraft clusters and infrastructure supports, as a part of “Linking Textile with Tourism” initiative. With respect to this, 8 craft villages have already been set up for overall development of villages.