New Delhi, Oct 10 (Bureau) Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Sunday said the next ‘Hunar Haat’ will be organised in UP’s Rampur from October 16 to 25. He said the event will be organised as a part of a series of 75 ‘Hunar Haat’, to be organised across the country under ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ to commemorate 75 years of India’s Independence. Naqvi said Union Minister for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Dhramendra Pradhan will inaugurate the 29th ‘Hunar Haat’ on October 16, and Union Minister of State for Culture Arjun Ram Meghwal will also be present on the occasion. The Union minister said, “Vishwakarma Vatika” will be one of the main attractions in ‘Hunar Haat’ to be organised across the country and added that it will be helpful in preserving and promoting the traditional arts and crafts of the country. “Besides ‘vocal for local’, the upcoming ‘Hunar Haat’ will also be based on the theme of ‘best from waste’.
Exquisite products made from used and discarded items in households such as plastic, paper, ply, wood, glass, ceramic, jute, cotton, wool as well as banana stems, sugarcane pulp, paddy and wheat straw-stems, husk, tur, rubber, iron, brass, etc will be available in the fair,” Naqvi said. ‘Hunar Haat’ has become a “credible platform” to strengthen Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call for “Swadeshi-Swavlamban” and “Vocal for Local” and providing market to indigenous products of traditional artisans and craftsmen, he added. Informing that during the last seven years, over 5.5 lakh artisans, craftsmen and people associated with it have been provided employment and employment opportunities , the Union minister said, “Target has been set to provide employment and employment opportunities to lakhs of more artisans, craftsmen through 75 Hunar Haat.”
He also said ‘Hunar Haat’ will also depict, in an artistic manner, the history and role played by great freedom fighters of that particular region. Naqvi also informed that after Rampur, ‘Hunar Haat’ will be organised in Dehradun, Lucknow, Hyderabad, Surat, New Delhi, Mysuru, Guwahati, Pune, Ahmedabad, Bhop al, Patna, Puducherry, Mumbai, Jammu, Chennai, Chandigarh, Agra, Prayagraj, Goa, Jaipur, Bengaluru, Kota, Sikkim, Srinagar, Leh, Shillong, Ranchi, Agartala and other places in the coming days. As per the Union Ministry of Minority Affairs, artisans and craftsmen from more than 30 States and Union Territories will bring their indigenous exquisite handmade products for sale and display at the ‘Hunar Haat’.