Government of India, Ministry of Textiles

Office of the Development Commissioner(Handicrafts)

Inviting Applications from                                    

Handicraft Artisans for Allotment of Stalls in

GANDHI      SHILP      BAZAR

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

In order to provide marketing opportunity to handicrafts artisans in all parts of the country on continuous basis series of Craft Bazars under the name of “Gandhi Shilp Bazar” has been launched from 11.2.2006 under which at least one Craft Bazar is in operation in one or the other part of the country every single day of the year.  A calendar for Gandhi Shilp Bazar has been drawn for the next one year as under :-                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

                                                CALENDAR OF GANDHI SHILP BAZAR  2009-10

                G  A   N   D   H   I                          S   H   I   L   P                                                  B   A   Z   A   R

Month

From 1st to 10th

From 11th to 20th

From 21st to 30th/31st

June, 2009

 

Shimla/Kullu(HP)

 

Dehradun(Uttrakhand)

 

Mout Abu  (Raj)

 

 

 

Panchmani(MP)

 

July, 2009

Amritsar(Punjab)

 

Madurai(TN)

 

Mysore(Karnataka)

 

 

 

August, 2009

       Udaipur(Raj.)

     (Teej Festival)

Pondicherry

 

Kerala/Cochin

(Onam/ Boat)

 

 

Srinagar/Jammu (J&K)

 

 

 

Sept., 2009

Ernakulum (Kerala)

 

Ahmedabad(Gujrat)

 

West Bengal/Kolkata

(Durga Pooja)

 

 

 

Kullu (HP)

(Dussehra Festival)

Tata Nagar(Jharkhand)

 

Jodhpur(Raj.)

 

October, 2009

Mysore(Karnataka)

 

 

Bareilly (UP)

 

Patna(Bihar)

 

Jalandhar(Punjab)

 

Dehradun(Uttrakhand)

 

Jaipur (Raj.)

 

 

Bhopal (MP)

 

Nov., 2009

Cuttack (Orissa)

 

Ganga Mahotsav,Varanasi

 

 

Pushkar,(Rajasthan)

Jhansi Mahotsav (UP)

 

 

Vadodra(Gujrat)

 

Dhanbad(Jharkhand)

Jharkhand Mahotsav

 

Lucknow Mahotsav(UP)

 

 

 

Dibrugarh(Assam)

 

 

 

December,

2009

Ludhiana(Punjab)

 

Malapuram(Kerala)

Ranchi(Jharkhand)

 

Vishakhapatnam(AP)

 

Hyderabad(AP)

 

Udaipur(Raj.)

 

Goa

 

January, 2010

Gwalior (MP)

 

 

Bangalore(Karnataka)

 

 

Dimapur(Nagaland)

 

 

 

Jaipur (Raj.)

(Heritage Inter.

Festival)

 

 

Chennai (TN)

(Pongal)

 

Allahabad Magh Mela

(UP)

 

Guwahati (Assam)

 

Ahmedabad(Gujrat)

(Kite Festival)

 

Karnal (Haryana)

 

Bhubneswar (EKMARA)

(Orissa)

 

Pondichery

 

 

Basant Utsav(Gandinagar)

(Gujrat)

 

 

Aligarh (UP)

 

Feb., 2010

Goa

(Goa Carnival)

Patiala(Punjab)

 

 

Vijayawada(AP)

 

Jabalpur(MP)

 

Agra Taj Mahotsav(UP)

 

 

 

 

Khajurao Festival (MP)

 

 

Coimbatore (TN)

 

Pune (Maharashtra)

March, 2010

Imphal  (Manipur

 

 

Bangalore(Karnataka)

 

Dehradun(Uttrakhand)

 

Kullu  (HP)

April, 2010

Shillong(Meghalaya)

 

Gangtok (Sikkim)

 

Trichur (Kerala)

 

Raipur(Chhttisgarh)

 

Kullu (HP)

 

 

Chandigarh

 

May, 2010

Siliguri (West Bengal)

 

Dharamshala (HP)

 

Kanpur (UP)

 

Tirupati

(Andhra Pradesh)

 

 

Indore (MP)

 

 

 

Nagpur Orange Festival

( Maharashtra)

 

 

 

Artisans registered with the Office of the Development Commissioner(Handicrafts), who are interested to participate in the above events under Gandhi Shilp Bazar are required to submit applications for the events of their choice on plain papers in the Handicrafts Marketing & Service Extension Centers or any other Field Office of the Office of the Development Commissioner(Handicrafts), in which they are registered .  Priority shall be assigned to those artisans who apply 90 days before the commencement of event applied for.

In addition to above, Self Help Group under the Scheme of AHVY of this office may also apply to concerned  HM&SEC/Regional Office for participation in Gandhi Shilp Bazar.   Allotment will be made to 30 Cluster Group in each Gandhi Shilp Bazar (per Region 5 Cluster Group)