The Handicrafts & Handloom sector has a unique place in the socio-economic structure of J&K. It plays a vital role in providing employment, cloth production and value addition while at the same time preserves our rich cultural heritage. The sector provides direct and indirect employment to Artisans, Weavers and Ancillary workers in the State, mostly belonging to SC/ST, backward and economically weaker sections of the society concentrated in rural and far flung areas, it has tremendous potential in checking urbanization as well as generating employment for women population.
Because of uniqueness and exclusivity of designs, capability to produce small batch sizes and being eco-friendly, handicrafts & handloom products are in high demand in both international as well as in the domestic markets. The sector is low energy consuming and has little adverse impact on environment. However the sector faces problem of absence of systematic production lines to match demand and supply. For more and latest information please do visit at officially website ....
