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This site is an online Geographical Information System (GIS) based information repository and shopping/Bidding place for Indian Handicraft products. The application developed under the said project consists of detail information about different crafts, artisans and craft clusters etc. The user can query the database to fetch the results as tables, or as maps or as a combination of both. Business area of portal allows visitors to shop or Bid on products displayed by gallery owners. The identified stakeholders, who can apply for owning a Craft Gallery at handicraft portal are: any individual who is artisan, manufacturer, exporter, buyer, trader or designer; any group who identifies themselves as SHG, NGO, Cooperative Society, Trust, Federation; not formally formed group, or any loosely defined organizational structure that stands for the business interests of above mentioned individuals. The target audience of this Information & Business system can be classified as: |
| DEFINITION |
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Handicrafts are mostly defined as "Items made by hand, often with the use of simple tools, and are generally artistic and/or traditional in nature. They are also objects of utility and objects of decoration. |
| CLASSIFICATION |
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Kitchenware, garden ware, toys, office-ware, furniture and furnishings, accessories, decorative items, tableware, bathroom accessories, gift & souvenir articles, house ware, wall décor, floor covering and carpet, interiors & architonic |
| PRODUCT CATEGORIES |
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Boxes, photo frames, luminaries, furniture, Christmas decoration items, watches, agarbatti, bags costume jewelleries, fashion accessories utensils. |
| GENERAL AUDIENCE (Information Only) |
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This section of audience will use the application to know about the various handicraft industries of the country, their location, their outlets, their size in terms of capital, the socio-economic distribution in the various categories of handicraft industries etc. |
| GENERAL AUDIENCE (Business) |
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This section of audience will use the application like shopping cart to buy from Craft Gallery and visit buyer Seller meet section to Bid on items displayed in Bid Area by gallery owners. |
| BUYERS |
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This application will also provide buyers with information about different products, its prices, different sales outlet and hence help them in transactions in due course of time. This will bridge the gap between buyer and manufacturers. |
| ENTERPRISES / ENTREPRENUERS |
| These group of users will use the application to know the availability of skill, capital and infrastructure in an area so that the scale at which investment should be made can be assessed |
| REGULATORY AUTHORITIES |
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This section comprises mainly the monitoring authorities like ministry, planning commission and related organizations. They can use this application to study the growth of the industry across the country in terms of its spread, the involved economy and can lay guidelines for further development of the same or related infrastructures. |
| ACADEMICIANS |
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This category of clients can use the data for various socio-economic surveys and can add to the knowledge of craftsmen various new technologies for processing etc., more over the surveys can also supplement the work of the regulatory authorities. |
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