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EDII Reports 136

Issue - V
Dec 2025 - Jan 2026

From the Director General’s Desk

Bolstering the Union of Traditional

Skills and Modern Approach

It is encouraging to witness how India's artisans are stepping out of their comfort
zones, leveraging the resources available to transform their art, learning new
business practices, adopting the changing measures and living a flourishing life.
India's artisanal history is centuries old. But with passing time, and with the
stepping in of contemporary modes of craft production, the demand for artisanal
products got affected, and over time, these businesses got reduced to being
informal self- employment or a side hustle. Ensuring sustenance of a business, be
it a craft, service or product production, encompasses multiple operations which
demand certain competencies in the artisan/entrepreneur. It needs a balanced
combination of skills, knowledge and aptitude (mindset) to succeed. EDII
trained artisans are testaments to how right competencies and step-matching with
the changing times can move self-employment to a registered formal business.