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The Handicrafts Sector plays a significant & important role in the country’s economy.  It provides employment to a vast segment of craftsperson in rural & semi-urban areas and generates substantial foreign exchange for the country while preserving its cultural heritage.  Handicrafts have great potential, as they hold the key for sustaining not only the existing set of millions of artisans spread over length and breadth of the country but also for the increasingly large number of new entrants in the crafts activity.  Presently, handicrafts contribute substantially to employment generation and exports. The Small Scale and Cottage Sector helps to solve social and economic problems of the artisans, by providing employment to over 7 million artisans (including those in the Carpets trades) which include a large number of women and people belonging to weaker sections of the society. In addition to the high potential for employment, the Sector is economically important from the point o