Guwahati: FIEO-NEHHDC Signed MoU to Promote Handicraft and Handloom Sectors

Staff Reporter

Guwahati: To promote the handicraft and handloom sector of the North Eastern Region Federation of Indian Export Organization (FIEO), a MoU was signed with the North East Handloom and Handicraft Development Corporation (NEHHDC) at Guwahati on Friday.

The MoU was signed by Dr. Ajai Sahai, DG & CEO (Director General & Chief Executive Officer), FIEO, and Brigadier Rajiv Kumar Singh (Retd), MD (Managing Director), NEHHDC.

The objective of signing the MoU is to introduce each other to opportunities for cooperation and partners for investments and trade, consultancy services within their scope of business, exchange visits for trade missions, study groups, and cooperate in organizing exhibitions, buyer-seller meets, and seminars and workshops; initiate the development of contacts between the members of both parties; and provide each other with information on essential issues of economic development relating to trade, including information on enterprises, foreign corporations, and firms.

The Federation of Indian Export Organizations (FIEO), popularly known as FIEO, is the apex body of trade promotion organizations in India, set up by the Ministry of Commerce, Government of India, in 1965 with the objective to focus the efforts of all stakeholders engaged in trade facilitation and act as a catalyst to the growth of goods and services exports from the country. Thus, FIEO is the partner of the Government of India in boosting India’s exports and represents the spirit of Indian enterprise in global trade.

NEHHDC was incorporated in 1977. It is an organization under the Ministry of Development of the North Eastern Region that attempts to develop and promote the indigenous crafts of the region by connecting craftsmen to prospective markets and consumers and generating economic, cultural, and social opportunities for creators while adding cultural value for consumers.

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