Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank has informed that in line with the vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Toy and Puppet making skills will be developed among school students.
- During his Man ki Baat programme on August 30, 2020, Prime Minister said that there are several skilled artisans who possess expertise in making good toys and some parts of the country like Channapatna in Ramnagaram in Karnataka, Kondaplli in Krishna in Andhra Pradesh, Thanjavur in Tami Nadu, Dhubari in Assam, Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh are also developing as Toy clusters.
- The famous art of ‘Etikoppaka’ dolls of Visakhapatnam district finds a place in the “Mann ki Baat” programme of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In the Mann Ki Baat speech, Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a special mention of the famous Etikoppaka dolls saying that the toys would be useful to unleash the creativity in children in the current Pandemic situation.
- The Education Minister said that indigenous toy-making will be introduced as a theme in Kala Utsav to encourage students to explore and develop a variety of local toys.
- Dr. Nishank also called for initiating puppet show in Kala Utsav for secondary and higher secondary students.
- According to Karnataka Chief Minister, India’s “first toy manufacturing cluster” to come up at Koppal which has the potential to create 40,000 jobs in five years and attract over ₹ 5,000 crore investment.
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