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No. 73 Poudouchéry Vendredi

19

Septembre

2025

No.

Puducherry

Friday

19th

September

2025

(28 Bhadra 1947)

GOVERNMENT OF PUDUCHERRY

DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIES AND COMMERCE

(SECRETARIAT WING)

[G.O. Ms. No. 6 /DI&C(SW)/DIC/CI/2025-26, dated 15th September 2025]

NOTIFICATION

Approval of the Lieutenant-Governor of Puducherry, is hereby

conveyed for addition of new components for conferring of (i) State

Award (ii) Honouring of National Awardees with cash prize by District

Industries Centre, Puducherry under the Scheme “Development of

Handicrafts” in the Government Order, issued vide G.O. Ms. No. 21/

2007-Ind.C., dated 24 March 2008 and published in the Extraordinary

Gazette No. II, dated 28th March 2008 of Government of Puducherry and

for the said purpose the following addendum shall be made after (H),

under the Scheme “Development of Handicrafts”, namely.

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I. Development of Handicrafts

(i) State Award

(A) Objective.— The objective of the Scheme is to give

recognition to Master Craftsmen who have made outstanding

contribution in terms of excellence of craftsmanship and for development

of crafts. The award, conferred once in a lifetime encourages them to

preserve our age old craft traditions and excellence in craftsmanship and

serves as an incentive to such craftsman to continue their pursuit as

well as serves as an example to others who may strive to receive the

same.

(B) Eligibility.—

Should be a resident of the Union territory of Puducherry.

The Artisan should have Identity Card of the Development

Commissioner (Handicrafts), Government of India.

Should possess atleast 20 years of continuous experience

and not less than 30 years of age. (Experience to be

reckoned based on Identity Card, issued by the Office of

the Development Commissioner of Handicrafts, Government

of India).

Any Craft person who has previously been conferred with

State Award shall not be eligible for being awarded with

another State Award in the same craft.

(C) No. of Awards.— 5 Nos. Every year.

(D) Pattern of Assistance.— (i) Each State Award consists of

1. Cash Prize of

50,000

2. Tamrapatra and Angavastram

3. Certificate

(E) Procedure of Implementation.— Advertisements will be

published in the leading local newspapers besides publicising in the

website of DIC. The artisan should submit award entries along with

supporting documents as stated below through online portal of DIC.

The award piece to be kept at the DIC with appropriate packing

(Returned after completion of the process).

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The application shall contain the following :

1. Bio-data and experience details of the Artisans.

2. Brief note about the master piece/Award piece.

3. Details of materials used for creation of the award entries.

4. The origin details of the craft.

5. Photos/Videos implying various stages of creation of the

award entries i.e., from start to end by the master crafts

person.

6. The sale price of the award entry.

7. Any other recognition/Award details.

(F) State Award Selection Committee.— The eligibility of the

artisans and selection of entries of handicrafts for State Award will be

done by the State Award Selection Committee to be constituted as below:

1. The Secretary to Government (Industries

. . Chairman

and Commerce), Puducherry.

2. The Director of Industries and Commerce,

. . Member

Puducherry.

3. The Director of Art and Culture, Puducherry. . Member

4. The Director of Tourism, Puducherry.

. . Member

5. The Under Secretary to Government (Finance), . . Member

Puducherry.

6. The Representative from National Institute

. . Member

of Fashion Technology, Chennai.

7. The Principal, Bharathiyar Palkalai Koodam, . . Member

Puducherry.

8. The Assistant Director, Office of

. . Member

Development Commissioner Handicrafts,

Government of India, Puducherry.

9. 2 Non-official Members of experts in

Handicraft Sector (to be nominated by the

Government of Puducherry (for a term of

3 years).

10. General-Manager, DIC, Puducherry

. . Convenor

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(G) The Functions of Selection Committee.—

(i) Reviewing of applications received from the Artisans.

(ii) Evaluation Criteria – Develop and apply evaluation criteria

to assess the Award Pieces and the Artisan’s work, skill

and contribution.

(iii) Field visits and assessments – Conduct field visits to

assess the artisan’s work techniques and impact on the

Handicraft Sector if needed.

(iv) Verification – Verifies the authenticity and accuracy of

information provided by the Artisans/Nominees.

(v) Short listing and selection of awardees based on their

expertise innovation and contribution to handicrafts and

exquisite skill of the Award Piece.

(vi) Recommend selected artisans to the Government.

(vii) Documentation – Maintain record of the selection process

including application, evaluation and selection criteria.

(ii) Honouring of National Awardees :

(A) Objective.— The Master craftspersons of this Union

territory of Puducherry who were conferred with National Award by the

Government of India for their exquisite and unique handicraft products

and who have brought pride and honour to this Union territory of

Puducherry are proposed to be honoured with cash prize.

(B) Eligibility.—

Should be a resident of the U.T of Puducherry.

Should be a recipient of National Award in Handicrafts

Sector.

(C) Pattern of Assistance.— Cash prize of

1,00,000 per

Awardee.

(D) Procedure for extending Cash Prize.—

(i) The list of National Awardees in Handicraft sector in

respect of Union territory of Puducherry to be obtained

from the Office of the Development Commissioner

(Handicrafts), Puducherry every year.

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(ii) Verification of original Award certificate from the respective

awardees.

3. This issues with the concurrence of the Finance Department,

Puducherry vide their ID. Note No. E-36801/FD/F3/A4/2025-26, dated

25-07-2025.

(By order of the Lieutenant-Governor)

A. VIKRANTH RAJA,

Secretary to Government-cum-Director

(Industries and Commerce).

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