New Delhi: The Centre has received a proposal from Odisha for setting up a craft village in the State, said a Union Minister on Friday.
A proposal to set up a Craft village at Sukhuapada and Lalitgiri has been received from Odisha State Cooperative Handicrafts Corporations Ltd. (UTAKALIKA), informed Union Minister of Textiles, Smriti Zubin Irani, in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.
However, no proposal for setting up of Common Facility Centre at Lalitgiri has been received, the Union Minister said.
The proposals for Craft village at Sukhuapada costing to amount Rs. 9.98 Crores and Craft village at Lalitgiri costing to amount Rs. 4.51 crores have been submitted by State Cooperative Handicrafts Corporations Ltd. (UTAKALIKA), she said.
The proposals are incomplete according to scheme guidelines, and therefore Odisha State Cooperative Handicrafts Corporations Ltd. (UTAKALIKA) has been requested to submit the complete proposal as per scheme guidelines, she added.