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The state industries and commerce minister Chander Parkash Ganga recently informed the legislative assembly that the government in India’s Jammu and Kashmir state is planning to introduce an e-commerce platform for artisans and weavers to boost export of handicrafts and handloom products and to reduce the role of middlemen in transactions, often leading to exploitation.
He said that under the Artisan Credit Card (ACC) scheme involving an interest subsidy of Rs 62.36 crore, 44,414 artisans have been covered. Artisans received loans worth Rs 375 crore till November 2017.
