All India Associations for welfare of Indian handicrafts

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India has All India Organizations for three of its most popular handicrafts items; hand printed textiles, carpets and zari. These Associations serve as a platform for consultations among the manufacturers and exporters on one hand and the Handicrafts Board on the other. The Board uses these Associations to disseminate information useful to crafts.

(a) All India Carpets Manufacturers Association; Post Box No. 63, Bhadohi, District Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.

(b) All India Federation of Zari Industry; Safe Deposit Chambers, Surat, Gujarat, India.

© All India Textile Handprinting Industries Federation, 1106 Prasad Chambers, Swadeshi Mill Estate, Bombay, India.

Social- Voluntary Organizations
A number of social organizations including non profit making registered societies and cooperatives support the field of handicrafts. Their principal aim is to provide work to the poor craftsmen. Many of them run training cum production centres, while others are concerned with marketing. Certain voluntary organizations are running Regional Handicrafts Training Institutes for Women, under the All India Handicrafts Board.

(a) Handicrafts Teacher’s Training College (The Arts and Crafts Society), Adarsh Nagar, Worli, Bombay, India.

(b) Regional Training Institute of Handicrafts (Bharat Sevak Samaj), Dharwar, Maharashtra, India.

© Regional Handicrafts Training Institute for Women, (Andhra Mahila Sabha) Vidya Nagar, University Road, Hydrabad, India.

(d) Regional Handicrafts Training Institute for Women, (Karma Kutir) 32 Ballygunge Palace, Callcutta, Bengal, India.