Letter sent do PM Narendra Modi for the development of Varanasi Bunkars & other artisans.
To,
Shri Narendra Modi
Prime Minister of India
New Delhi,
Respected Sir,
As it was in news that our government is likely to call global investment summit soon, may invite about hundred countries. If it is so, then at the same time an international trade fair should also be organized in Varanasi to promote local weavers & other artisans from nearby districts. So that foreign traders can also visit there & weavers can be benefitted. So many weavers are so poor that they would not be able to buy stalls in such trade fairs, so they should be taken care of to let them reach the fair.
Government should provide laptops & data card for net connectivity to the poor weavers to let them reach global market. One common b2b Web portal should be developed by the govt. where all the weavers can display their products along with their contact details. Whenever they’ll get any enquiry on website, they’ll get sms on their mobile & could immediately contact to the buyer. Govt. should also promote this website to help the weavers to reach global market & expose their products to the world. It would be great if it could be done before the trade fair in Varanasi.
Sir, the silk saree which is being sold in Rs. 15000/- bunkar gets only Rs. 1500/- for his weeks of labour to make one saree. Bunkar’s Union should be established to fix the prices & to save them from exploitation by the retailers.
In Kankani village near Jodhpur, cotton & goat-hair carpet weavers also suffering the same way, even though their carpets are durable for lifetime but still no value of their art. The story is same of all the artisans around the nation. Artisan’s sons don’t want to be artisan. Such rare & precious art in villages is dying.
Govt. should initiate to establish ‘deshi haat’ type chain of Stores throughout India of all types of handmade products to save & build their future and to give them right price of their hard work. Purchase department will have to reach artisans in deep villages to bring their art to the market. So that people in South India can buy handmade items of North & people in north can also easily get such products of south in right price.
The same store should also be launched online to sell those items worldwide. This step would not only prove as life-saving oxygen to these artisans but will also create lots of jobs in managing these stores and would also generate revenue for the govt.
Such desi haat stores would be very helpful to promote our tourism industry & the tourists would also be great customers of these stores. So to improve the tourism, along with the development of tourism attraction places, it is also important to work on those factors which distract tourists. There are many rickshaw/taxi and hotel scams going on, many tourists looted on name of fake holy men. Help centers for tourists should be established. Beggars problem is also a big one for tourists which needed to be addressed.
Sir, if our govt. work on these little things, then we believe that it would be proved a great help in the development of not only artisans but also our nation as well.
Thanks & Regards
Chetan Singh Deora
President
Bharat Nirman Sena
Jodhpur
http://www.bharatnirmansena.org/templates/tt13/doc/Banaras-Bunkars.pdf
To,
Shri Narendra Modi
Prime Minister of India
New Delhi,
Respected Sir,
As it was in news that our government is likely to call global investment summit soon, may invite about hundred countries. If it is so, then at the same time an international trade fair should also be organized in Varanasi to promote local weavers & other artisans from nearby districts. So that foreign traders can also visit there & weavers can be benefitted. So many weavers are so poor that they would not be able to buy stalls in such trade fairs, so they should be taken care of to let them reach the fair.
Government should provide laptops & data card for net connectivity to the poor weavers to let them reach global market. One common b2b Web portal should be developed by the govt. where all the weavers can display their products along with their contact details. Whenever they’ll get any enquiry on website, they’ll get sms on their mobile & could immediately contact to the buyer. Govt. should also promote this website to help the weavers to reach global market & expose their products to the world. It would be great if it could be done before the trade fair in Varanasi.
Sir, the silk saree which is being sold in Rs. 15000/- bunkar gets only Rs. 1500/- for his weeks of labour to make one saree. Bunkar’s Union should be established to fix the prices & to save them from exploitation by the retailers.
In Kankani village near Jodhpur, cotton & goat-hair carpet weavers also suffering the same way, even though their carpets are durable for lifetime but still no value of their art. The story is same of all the artisans around the nation. Artisan’s sons don’t want to be artisan. Such rare & precious art in villages is dying.
Govt. should initiate to establish ‘deshi haat’ type chain of Stores throughout India of all types of handmade products to save & build their future and to give them right price of their hard work. Purchase department will have to reach artisans in deep villages to bring their art to the market. So that people in South India can buy handmade items of North & people in north can also easily get such products of south in right price.
The same store should also be launched online to sell those items worldwide. This step would not only prove as life-saving oxygen to these artisans but will also create lots of jobs in managing these stores and would also generate revenue for the govt.
Such desi haat stores would be very helpful to promote our tourism industry & the tourists would also be great customers of these stores. So to improve the tourism, along with the development of tourism attraction places, it is also important to work on those factors which distract tourists. There are many rickshaw/taxi and hotel scams going on, many tourists looted on name of fake holy men. Help centers for tourists should be established. Beggars problem is also a big one for tourists which needed to be addressed.
Sir, if our govt. work on these little things, then we believe that it would be proved a great help in the development of not only artisans but also our nation as well.
Thanks & Regards
Chetan Singh Deora
President
Bharat Nirman Sena
Jodhpur
http://www.bharatnirmansena.org/templates/tt13/doc/Banaras-Bunkars.pdf
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