Handi crafts office Nagarkovil[office of the Development Commissioner,ministry of textiles,Govt of india]conducted a skill test for banana fibre craft artisans [women groups]in madurai district,near about 125 women got selected to get ARTISAN CARD,WELFARE SCHEMES through Handi crafts department,the initiative was done by ECOGREENUNIT
Mr.Murugan an Artisan who was involved in making of banana fibre handi crafts was expired due to the fire accident in his home,the death claim Rs.ONE LAKH was handed over to his family at our office coimbatore,we are thankful to Development commissioner HandiCrafts,Govt Of India&ICICI LOMBARD insurance company ltd.
Banana fibre project was launched in assam through NEITCO ,the training for extraction of banana fibre,crafts making was given to master trainers in Jorhat ITI.Through the master trainers the project will be extended among farmers and self help groups in Assam,
Banana fibre extraction training[using a simple knife ,handspun] for rural women was started in coimbatore ,particularly handspun fibre is the quality fibre which can be used to make crafts like bags,mats,coasters etc
Awisso Trust an Ngo for mentally challenged children in athirampattinam village near Thanjavore Dt,Tamilnadu,STARTED PAPER PRODUCTS TRAINING ,Higher Officials from various departmens participated and honoured the function,Munavardeen Project officer ECOGREENUNIT explained & trained about paper products
our project officer Mr.Joel Richard visited for our craft artisan units at kanyakumari,inspection & quality check was done,prototype models was made in banana fibre for our export markets.
The National Confrence of Farm Science centres was organised by TamilNadu[06.11.09 to 09.11.09] Agricultural University,Coimbatore.The function was Innaugurated by TamilNadu Chief minister.Near about 100 stalls was exbhited from all over india,various kinds of innovations,farm based technologies,was useful to the farmers who visited the exbhiton in thousands,
Artisan cards for banana craft artisans[500 nos of rural women] was issued by Senior Assit Dirctor Mr.Prabhakaran,Handicrafts Dept,Ministry of Textiles,Govt of india,on 06.11.09 at KGF,Karnataka. Welfare schemes,marketing support will be done for the people who obtained Artisan cards from Handi crafts Dept.
The Farmers Day celebarations cum Farmers Hostel innauguration was held on 27.10.09 in TamilNaduAgriculturalUniversity,Coimbatore,Hon'ble Deputy Chief Minister M.K.STALIN was the chief Guest,also visited our stall and appreciated our works and products
Skill test for banana craft artisans was done,and brief explanation was given about welfare schemes for artisans by Govt Of India by Senior Asst Director Mr.Prabakaran from handicrafts office,ministry of textiles ,Govt of India,[Bengaluru Region,Karnataka]Venue:Kolar Gold Fileds,Karnataka,