Anurag Thakur, MOS for Finance and Corporate Affairs visits IHGF Delhi Fair Autumn at India Expo Mart
Greater Noida – October 16, 2019- Shri Anurag Thakur, Minister of State for Finance and Corporate Affairs today visited the 48th edition of IHGF-Delhi Fair being held at India Expo Centre & Mart, Greater Noida.
The other dignitaries present during his visit included Shri Sunit Jain, President Fair, Smt. Neetu Singh, Shri Ravindra Miglani, Shri Rajat Asthana, Vice Presidents of the fair, Shri Sagar Mehta, Vice Chairman – EPCH, Shri Rakesh Kumar, Director General –EPCH, members of the Committee of Administration, overseas buyers, press and media.
While roaming around the fair, Shri Anurag Thakur, Hon’ble Minister of State for Finance & Corporate Affairs got mesmerized to see the large handicrafts exporters showcasing wide varieties of handicrafts products under one roof and said that Handicrafts Sector has immense potential for creation of jobs and ensure that Govt. of India is with the exporters and urge the exporting community to take one step and we will be taking four steps towards promotion of handicrafts sector as it is the largest employment providing sector in the Country.
Minister of State for Finance and Corporate Affairs also said Government of India is working towards ensuring refund of GST and almost 92% of the GST refund to the exporters has been completed. He further said that Govt. of India is coming up with RODTEP [ Remission of Duties or Taxes on export ] scheme for the exporters.
A MOU was also exchanged between EPCH and Vision Spring Organisation to provide affordable eye screening and eyewear to handicrafts artisans. In the first phase, the excercise will be starting from Saharanpur said Shri Rakesh Kumar, Director General – EPCH.
EPCH is a nodal agency for promoting exports of handicrafts from the Country to various destinations of the world and projecting India’s image abroad as reliable supplier of high quality of handicrafts goods & services.
