{"id":149555,"date":"2021-11-29T20:58:38","date_gmt":"2021-11-29T15:28:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=149555"},"modified":"2021-11-29T20:58:38","modified_gmt":"2021-11-29T15:28:38","slug":"msde-launches-pilot-projects-to-revive-and-catalyze-the-traditional-namda-craft-and-upskill-the-artisans-and-weavers-of-kashmir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/msde-launches-pilot-projects-to-revive-and-catalyze-the-traditional-namda-craft-and-upskill-the-artisans-and-weavers-of-kashmir\/","title":{"rendered":"MSDE launches pilot projects to revive and catalyze the traditional Namda Craft and upskill the Artisans and Weavers of Kashmir"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5><b>What is the News?<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Minister of Skill Development &amp; Entrepreneurship (MSDE) has launched two projects\u2014 (i) Revival of Namda craft of Kashmir as a special pilot project under <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/pmkvy-3-0\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) 3.0 <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and (ii) upskilling of artisans and weavers of Kashmir under Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL), component of PMKVY.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b>What is the objective of these projects?<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><b>Objective:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> To boost and preserve the traditional Namda craft of Kashmir and upskill the local weavers and artisans to enhance their productivity through RPL assessment and certification.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b>What is Namda Craft?<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-149557 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/craft.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/craft.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/craft.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/craft.jpg?w=980&amp;ssl=1 980w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Namda craft is widely thought to have originated in the 11th century during the reign of Mughal emperor Akbar.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Made of:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Namda craft is a rug made of sheep wool through a felting technique instead of the normal weaving process.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Uses: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Namda Craft is extensively used in Kashmir households for floor covering and mattresses.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b>Reasons for Decline of Namda Craft<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Due to the low availability of raw materials, lack of skilled manpower and marketing techniques, the export of Namda craft has declined almost 100% between 1998 and 2008.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Therefore, through these special projects under PMKVY, the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) has designed a short-term training curriculum to preserve this endangered craft.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b>Significance of these projects<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The projects will contribute towards preserving and reviving the rich heritage associated with Namda craft in Kashmir. This will also improve the access of existing artisans of Namda crafts cluster in Kashmir and will improve their prospects of employability.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This post is based on the article<\/span> <b>\u201c<\/b><b>MSDE launches pilot projects to revive and catalyze the traditional Namda Craft and upskill the Artisans and Weavers of Kashmir<\/b><b>\u201d <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">published in<\/span> <b>PIB <\/b>on<b> 28th Nov 2021.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the News? Minister of Skill Development &amp; Entrepreneurship (MSDE) has launched two projects\u2014 (i) Revival of Namda craft of Kashmir as a special pilot project under Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) 3.0 and (ii) upskilling of artisans and weavers of Kashmir under Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL), component of PMKVY. What is&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/msde-launches-pilot-projects-to-revive-and-catalyze-the-traditional-namda-craft-and-upskill-the-artisans-and-weavers-of-kashmir\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">MSDE launches pilot projects to revive and catalyze the traditional Namda Craft and upskill the Artisans and Weavers of Kashmir<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,7965,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-149555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-miscellaneous-daily-factly-articles","category-public","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149555"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149555\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}