Diyas and other products made by local potters better than big companies
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Category : BHOPAL
Chief Minister Chouhan interacts with sisters of self-help groups at Mahila Haat Bazaar
Chief Minister Chouhan reached with wife in Sonchiriya Aajeevika Utsav
Had khichdi made by aunty ji, bought products from artisans
May the Diwali of these artists be illuminated along with all of us: Chief Minister Chouhan
Bhopal 29 October 2021: Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that on the occasion of Deepawali, by buying earthen lamps and idols, we should promote the talented, skilled artists associated with soil crafts. Let us all resolve that we should not buy products from other countries but items made by these artists. These items include the fragrance of the labour of our potter brothers, sisters of self-help groups and members of their families. When we buy these items, the money goes to the accounts of sisters who are struggling for their livelihood. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is our idol, who has given the mantra to buy local products. Chief Minister Chouhan said that on this Diwali, instead of buying an idol of Durga ji or electric bulb from China or any other country, we should buy items prepared in our own country on the festival according to our values and traditions. So that along with all of us, the Diwali of these artists is also illuminated. Chief Minister Chouhan was addressing the 9-day Sonchiriya Aajeevika Utsav- 2021 from 13th October at Mahila Haat Bazar in Shivaji Nagar, Bhopal today. This festival has been organised under the National Urban Livelihoods Mission.
They are hard working, help them
Chief Minister Chouhan said that sisters belonging to all self-help groups of the state would get the benefit of bank linkage worth Rs. 2.5 thousand crore. Earlier, a provision was made to provide them facility at a nominal interest of four percent, which would be further reduced to two percent. There will also be work of branding and marketing of the products of the groups. Chief Minister Chouhan said that I have come for the promotion of artists in this festival. We have to make efforts to sell all the goods of these groups which have been displayed here. These sisters are hard working, help them.
Purchase should be made from GeM Portal and other platforms as well
Chief Minister Chouhan said that the products manufactured by self-help groups should be purchased on GeM portal and other platform also. People should give orders to them, there should be continuous efforts for this. Arrangements will also be made to ensure that these groups are not charged any kind of tax and are exempted from Tahbazar. In this regard, the local bodies should also be aware and while providing space to these artists, take care of their respect. The Chief Minister said that efforts would also be made to strengthen the home delivery system of the products of the clusters.
Let's light the lamp
Chief Minister Chouhan said that it is a pleasant experience to come to this festival. Self-help group daughters and sisters make beautiful products. Be it clay jewellery, earthen lamps, idols, objects made of metal art or laddus, dal baati or khichdi all are wonderful. Chief Minister Chouhan said that our vision for these sisters should be "Let's light a lamp there, where it is still dark". Chief Minister Chouhan and his wife Sadhna Singh also bought material from several sisters. They visited each stall and inspected the products. Apart from Bhopal, stalls of self-help groups of Dewas, Katni, Sehore, Chhindwara, Ujjain, Ashoknagar, Vidisha, Indore, Mandsaur, Rajgarh and Jhabua were put up in the festival. The sisters of the Self-Help Groups presented mementos to the Chief Minister Chouhan. Principal Secretary, Urban Development and Housing, Manish Singh, Commissioner Nikunj Srivastava and Collector Bhopal Avinash Lavania were present – Window to News
