suggest ways by which the goverment can encourage craftspeople so that their art does not die
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1. Understand the global market:
To keep the traditional craft alive, it is important for artisans to understand how trade fairs work and participate in the same with an all round understanding of the profit and loss and pros and cons involved in the global market.
2. Increase interaction with the consumers:
Artisans need to interact with the consumers and tell them all about their work and the meaning behind it. This inspires the customers and establishes a connection between art and buyer. This also helps the artisans know what the consumers want or need.
3. Recognise it as a source of supplementary income:
Since the craft sector is the second largest employer in rural India after agriculture, it is a source of supplementary income for the seasonal agricultural workers, who have limited alternative employment opportunities in the village.
4. Use this large arena of women's employment:
Most handicraft industries are large arenas of women's employment. In their free time, women they have to depend on these crafts for earning the income for their family. As women's of Kishinnda Trust, which is running in a small village (Anegundi) of Karnataka state are producing the "Paper" and other items made of banana trees and their leaves in their free time.
5. Bring back the mixture of old and new designs:
Craftsmen these days are bringing in a mixture of old and new designs to strike a balance between the avant-garde and the traditional. Through this mixture of forms of craft, the traditional handicraft industry has more hope for shining.
6. Understand promotional strategies:
To bring back art and handicrafts into the market, craftsmen and the artisans need to understand the modern market and its promotional strategies. They have to understand their space in the global market and then fix the price of their products.