Question: Smriti Zubin Irani inaugurated the renovated handloom haat in which of the following city?
(a) New Delhi
(b) Mumbai
(c) Chennai
(d) Kolkata
Answer :(a)
Related facts:
- On 5 March 2019, Smriti Zubin Irani (Union Textiles Minister) inaugurated the renovated handloom haat in New Delhi.
- She also launched three projects of NIFT (National Institute of Fashion Technology) – Vision NXT – Trend Forecasting Initiative, Indian Textiles and Craft Repository and Design Innovation and Incubation.
- The Haat at Janpath in New Delhi has been set up by Ministry of Textiles to provide marketing opportunities to authentic handloom products from various States, PSUs and cooperative societies.
- Its main objective is to provide infrastructure support to handloom agencies to augment their sales of handloom products and to showcase the exquisite variety of handloom products produced all over the country.
- Textiles Minister also released a booklet – World Handmade Textile Biennales on this occasion.
- Smriti Zubin Irani stated that NIFT (National Institute of Fashion Technology) will accomplish their job through artificial intelligence. The Textiles Minister further informed that the virtual museum will not only help industry and research scholars but also carry forward the knowledge to the next generation.
- Project related to trend innovation lab ‘Vision Nxt’ initiative being set up by NIFT (National Institute of Fashion Technology) in the building will create an indigenous fashion forecasting service that endeavours to design seasonal directions for our country.
- It will help handloom sector in production of handloom products as per market requirement in terms of trends, design and colour forecast.
- The project of Indian Textiles and Craft Repository Initiative of NIFT is supported by the DC Handlooms and the DC Handicrafts, Ministry of Textiles.
- The body of textile and craft knowledge generated through the Craft Cluster Initiative will be channelled into a national knowledge portal titled Indian Textile & Craft Repository.
- This repository will also house the virtual registers of the textiles and crafts resources, which are available in the Weaver Service Centres, the Crafts Museums, similar institutions and private collections.
- Design Innovation and Incubation (DII) is intended to support young entrepreneurs, artisans, start-ups, NIFT alumni and students.
- The DII would also facilitate collaborations relevant for business development.
- The target beneficiaries include NIFT alumni and students who would like to start entrepreneurial ventures as well as candidates who have not been a part of NIFT but wish to take up NIFT incubation support.
- It has been decided to set up incubation facilities (Regional Incubators) in Mumbai, New Delhi and Bengaluru campuses of NIFT in the following areas:
- Textile for Apparel, Home & spaces (Delhi)
- Smart wearable systems (Bengaluru)
- Fashion and Lifestyle accessories (Bengaluru)
- Apparel including Athleisure and Activewear (Mumbai)
By Achyutanand Pandey
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