<p>The Development Commissioner (Handicrafts) in the Textiles Ministry has already given a go-head to the Exports Promotion Council for Handicrafts (EPCH) to work on the proposal.<br />"We gave the idea to the ministry and the Development Commissioner has asked us to work on it," EPCH Chairman R K Malhotra said here today.<br /><br />He said Chinese manufacturers reproduces the Indian handicraft products and exports it back to India and global market.<br /><br />"We would be branding the products," he said adding, that a study is underway.<br />Chinese manufacturers also send their machine-made craft items to the global market at a lesser price pushing the Indian exporters to disadvantage, he said.<br /><br />Indian handicraft exports were USD 1.83 billion (around Rs 8,000 crore) in 2009-10 and is targeting USD 2.2 billion (around Rs 9,700 crore) in this fiscal. The sector employs about 10 lakh people.</p>
<p>The Development Commissioner (Handicrafts) in the Textiles Ministry has already given a go-head to the Exports Promotion Council for Handicrafts (EPCH) to work on the proposal.<br />"We gave the idea to the ministry and the Development Commissioner has asked us to work on it," EPCH Chairman R K Malhotra said here today.<br /><br />He said Chinese manufacturers reproduces the Indian handicraft products and exports it back to India and global market.<br /><br />"We would be branding the products," he said adding, that a study is underway.<br />Chinese manufacturers also send their machine-made craft items to the global market at a lesser price pushing the Indian exporters to disadvantage, he said.<br /><br />Indian handicraft exports were USD 1.83 billion (around Rs 8,000 crore) in 2009-10 and is targeting USD 2.2 billion (around Rs 9,700 crore) in this fiscal. The sector employs about 10 lakh people.</p>