{"id":14867,"date":"2026-01-08T17:36:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T12:06:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/?p=14867"},"modified":"2026-01-08T17:36:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T12:06:19","slug":"ministry-of-textiles-launches-the-nationwide-rollout-of-chaupal-program-in-new-delhi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/?p=14867","title":{"rendered":"Ministry of Textiles launches the Nationwide Rollout of Chaupal Program in New Delhi"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"text-center event-heading-background\">\n<h2 id=\"Titleh2\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>Ministry of Textiles launches the Nationwide Rollout of Chaupal Program in New Delhi<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3 id=\"Subtitleh3\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong><span id=\"ltrSubtitle\"><br \/>\nThe Chaupal program aims to promote awareness about handicraft traditions, build entrepreneurship and facilitate the formation of sustainable handicraft clusters<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"PrDateTime\" class=\"ReleaseDateSubHeaddateTime text-center pt20\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>Posted On: 12 DEC 2025 7:06PM by PIB Delhi<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pt20\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>As part of the ongoing National Handicrafts Week celebrations, the Office of the Development Commissioner (Handicrafts), Ministry of Textiles, today organized the nationwide rollout of the\u00a0<em>Chaupal Program<\/em>\u00a0in New Delhi. The event was graced by\u00a0Secretary (Textiles), Ms. Neelam Shami Rao, who attended as the Chief Guest. Senior officials from the Ministry, nodal officers from various States, and stakeholders from the handicrafts sector participated in the programme.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pib.gov.in\/WriteReadData\/userfiles\/image\/image001T6OP.jpg\" \/><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>The Chaupal program aims to promote awareness about handicraft traditions, build entrepreneurship and facilitate the formation of sustainable handicraft clusters in alignment with the objectives of the National Handicrafts Development Program (NHDP). Guided by mantra of reform, perform, transform and inform, Chaupals are to be established as permanent, district-level engagement for artisan enrolment, scheme awareness, skill development &amp; entrepreneurship development over the plan period in the 100 handicraft aspirational districts of India.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>In her address, the Secretary (Textiles) reiterated the Government\u2019s commitment to strengthening India\u2019s vibrant handicrafts ecosystem and empowering artisans at the grassroots level. She said that the\u00a0<em>Chaupal Program<\/em>\u00a0will serve as a transformative platform to enhance craft awareness, promote youth participation, and foster entrepreneurship opportunities, thereby contributing to sustainable livelihoods across handicraft clusters.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>The Secretary (Textiles) also interacted with nodal officers representing the\u00a0100 handicraft aspirational districts\u00a0selected for the first phase of the programme. As part of the rollout, she distributed\u00a0<em>Chaupal Kits<\/em>\u00a0containing audio-visual materials and essential equipment to support interactive district-level outreach. These kits will facilitate demonstrations, awareness sessions, capacity-building workshops, and digital onboarding of the artisans.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ministry of Textiles launches the Nationwide Rollout of Chaupal Program in New Delhi The Chaupal program aims to promote awareness about handicraft traditions, build entrepreneurship and facilitate the formation of sustainable handicraft clusters Posted On: 12 DEC 2025 7:06PM by PIB Delhi As part of the ongoing National Handicrafts Week celebrations, the Office of the &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14868,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14867"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14867\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14869,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14867\/revisions\/14869"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}