Marketing Services to Promote Art & Handicraft Practices Adopted by the Self Help Groups of Shimla District, Himachal Pradesh

Marketing services provided by government agencies to promote art and handicraft. The key objectives of the study were, to study various marketing services provided by government agencies to promote art and handicraft, the awareness level of self-help groups, perception of the self-help groups towards marketing schemes used by government agencies to promote art and handicraft. A structured questionnaire was prepared for the present study. It was found that skills training on handicraft and cluster development were the schemes useful for the promotion of art and handicraft.