"This year we will issue 70,000 Artisan Credit Cards so that the artisans of Srinagar get hassle free credit from banks," Industries and Commerce Minister Surjeet Singh Slathia said during an interaction with artisans here yesterday.
The minister said a calendar of handicrafts sale-cum- exhibition events has been formulated between May and September this year to provide marketing channels to the craftsmen during the current tourist season and ensuing Amarnath yatra.
"This will enable the artisans to sell their products to the tourists without exploitation of middlemen," he added.
These stalls will be set
