COMPREHENSIVE HANDICRAFTS CLUSTER DEVELOPMENT SCHEME (CHCDS)

About:

• The scheme will continue up to March 2026.
  
  
• Infrastructural support, market access, design and technology up-gradation support etc will be provided to handicrafts artisans under this scheme.
  
  
• Objective of setting up these clusters is to assist the artisans & entrepreneurs to set up world-class units with modern infrastructure, latest technology, and adequate training and human resource development inputs, coupled with market linkages and production diversification.
  
  
• The focus will be on integration of scattered artisans, building their grass root level enterprises and linking them to SMEs in the handicrafts sector to ensure economies of scale.
  
  
• The mega handicraft clusters having more than 10,000 artisans will be selected for overall development under this scheme.