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annual report 2011-12
View of India Carpet Expo.
Trade Centre at Narsapur and Moradabad
Resources Centre in Craft concentration
Centers were continued and are in
progress:
●
MDA Assistance to the tune of
Rs. 1.50 crores to 100 handicrafts
exporters for the period April-
November, 2011 was disbursed
and the assistance to 145 exporters
in the remaining period of 2011-
12 is expected to be disbursed of
estimated amount of about Rs. 2.07
crores. As such, total disbursement
to about 245 exporters would be Rs.
3.57 crores during 2011-12.
CARPET EXPORT PROMOTION
COUNCIL (CEPC)
Activities undertaken / to be undertaken
during 2011-12 by Carpet Export
Promotion Council
The Carpet Export Promotion Council
was set up in the year 1982 under
Companies Act to support, protect,
maintain, increase and promote the export
of handmade Carpets and other floor
coverings from India by such methods
as may be necessary or expedient as its
main objective.
There are 2290 member-exporters
registered with this Council under the
Import Export Policy. The main functions
and objectives of this Council are to
organize participation in trade fairs,
exhibitions and Buyer Seller Meets in
India and abroad, to advise or represent
to Govt. and other appropriate authorities
on the Policies adopted by them on the
issues related to exports of Handmade
Carpets and other floor coverings and
other connected matters to promote
export of Indian Handmade Carpets and
other floor coverings and to interaction
between the exporting community and
the Government both at the Central and
State levels, to build a statistical base and
provide data on the exports and imports
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