{"id":146363,"date":"2020-12-27T01:51:39","date_gmt":"2020-12-26T20:21:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=146363"},"modified":"2020-12-27T01:51:39","modified_gmt":"2020-12-26T20:21:39","slug":"boost-to-dying-handmade-paper-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2020\/12\/27\/boost-to-dying-handmade-paper-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"Boost to dying handmade paper industry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>TAWANG, 26 Dec:<\/strong> In a bid to revive the dying traditional handmade paper industry here, KVIC Chairman VK Saxena inaugurated a (Monpa) handmade paper industry at Tsangboo village on Friday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Saxena said the KVIC will soon set up many agarbatti-making units in various parts of Arunachal, and also appoint locals to train the youths in wood carving and pottery-making.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;We have already started a silk unit in Arunachal; but due to the lockdowns nothing much could be done,&#8221; the KVIC chairman said. He thanked the state government for proactively supporting the<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">KVIC in implementing projects.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">KVIC CEO Preeta Verma informed that the commission is also planning to work for the revival of other traditional industries in other parts of Arunachal, besides providing markets for them.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;KVIC is not only reviving a dying traditional art by reviving the local handmade paper industry but also helping us to revive our culture and tradition,&#8221; Tawang DC Sang Phuntsok said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">APKVIB Chairman Dominic Tadar commended the interest shown by the KVIC chairman to visit the state. He sought support from the KVIC to make Arunachal known for its development.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Youth Action for Social Welfare president Maling Gombu called the day &#8220;historic in Monpa handmade paper making.&#8221; (DIPRO)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TAWANG, 26 Dec: In a bid to revive the dying traditional handmade paper industry here, KVIC Chairman VK Saxena inaugurated a (Monpa) handmade paper industry at Tsangboo village on Friday. Saxena said the KVIC will soon set up many agarbatti-making units in various parts of Arunachal, and also appoint locals to train the youths in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-146363","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=146363"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146363\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=146363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}