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Noida and Karur. The Society has also got
its branches at Singapore and Mauritius
giving an impetus to marketing of Indian
Handlooms in the foreign markets.
During the year 2010-11, the Society’s
sales turn-over was ` 3587.24 against
Rs.3892.22 lakh during the previous year.
The domestic sales during the year under
review amounted to Rs.2877.85 lakh as
against Rs.3279.97 lakh reported in the
previous year. The Society’s exports
during the year 2010-11 were of the order
of Rs. 709.39 lakh as against the figure of
Rs. 612.25 lakh in the previous year.
The Society reportedly has recorded a
net profit of Rs.17.63 lakh during the year
under review and the Society has been
working in profit consequently for the last
51 years.
NATIONAL HANDICRAFTS &
HANDLOOMS MUSEUM (NHHM):
The National Handicrafts and Handlooms
Museum also known as Crafts Museum is
located at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. It
is a subordinate office of the Development
Commissioner for Handlooms, Ministry
of Textiles. Its main objectives are
to increase public awareness about
India’s ancient traditions of Handicrafts
and Handlooms, provide an interactive
forum for the Craftpersons, designers,
exporters, scholars and public and
help craftspersons to find a platform for
marketing without middlemen and to
serve as a resource centre for Indian
handicrafts and handlooms traditions.
Collection, conservation and preservation
of crafts specimens, revival, reproduction
and development of art and craft are the
basic activities of the Museum.
Museum collection
The Museum has a collection of over
32,000 artifacts consisting of metal
icons, lamp and incense burners, ritual
accessories, items of everyday life, wood
carvings, painted wood and paper mache,
dolls, toys, puppets, masks, folk and tribal
paintings and sculptures, terracotta, folk
and tribal jewellery and an entire section
of traditional Indian textiles. They are
exhibited in the Folk and Tribal Art Gallery,
Temple Gallery, Court Craft Gallery and
Textile Gallery and the rest are housed in
the Museum Collection store.
Crafts Demonstrations Programme
The Museum attempts to support
traditional handicrafts and handlooms
through its regular Craft Demonstration
Programme organized round the
year. Craftspersons are invited for the
Craft Demonstration Programme to
demonstrate their skills and also for sale
of their products. Around 204 Craftsmen
were invited from various States for the
Crafts Demonstration Programme and
around 28 performers also participated in
the Museum upto November 2011. For the
remaining four months, upto March 2012,
about 200 Craftsperson and performers
are expected to participate in Museum
activities.
Research and Documentation
The Research and Documentation work
consists of two activities i.e. field research
and documentation of craft persons.
The Research and Documentation
of traditional Indian Handicrafts and
Handlooms is an important activity of
the Craft Museum. Under this scheme,
the Museum provides funds to scholars
to undertake fieldwork to document the
traditions of Handicrafts and Handlooms,
including Folk & Tribal Arts.
The documentation of 232 craftspersons,
who have participated in Crafts
Demonstration Programme of the
Museum, was completed upto November,
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