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Over 26 lakh people visited the centre’s initiative Hunar Haat, which culminated in New Delhi today. Talking to media persons in New Delhi today, Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi has said the Haat aimed at promoting talent among minority community craftsmen.
Mr Naqvi said the Haat not only provided a market and opportunity to master artisans, craftsmen and culinary experts, it also gave a strong message of social harmony.
The minister said the second edition of the Haat, themed Craft Aur Cuisine Ka Sangam, helped the participating artisans get orders from other countries for their crafts and products.
More than 100 artisans and more than 30 culinary experts from about all the states and Union Territories participated at about 130 stalls. The selected artisans included several state and national level awarders.
The Haat was organised through National Minorities Development and Finance Corporation under the ministry’s Upgrading Skills and Training in Traditional Arts/Crafts for Development (USTTAD) scheme.