02386nam a22001577a 4500 521922 521922 230303b ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d Yadav, Uma Shankar et al 38176 Strategies for development of handicraft sector in India post pandemic covid-19: Artisan as entrepreneur in recent scenario The Indian Journal of Economics 101(403 pt. 4), Apr, 2021: p.545-569 India is suffering from COVID-19 Pandemic disease, which has become a big challenge for the country. Handicraft sector(MSMEs) can provide opportunities and have the capability to solve the migration problem of people from state to state by providing local jobs and creating hunnar(skills). The handicraft sector also provides a great opportunity to make the Artisans as entrepreneurs and improve the social, economic situation of the rural, weaker section, unorganized workers, and tribal people of the country. Because these people have suffered huge challenges during the lockdown period and stay at their homes. Workers hands are empty without money and Jobs. We should have to think to promote our local talent and traditional art and craft that are sustainable, eco-friendly, and provide local market to handicraft Sector for India to be an Atmanirbhar Bharat and Vocal for Local. Indian handicraft industry is a decentralized, unorganized laborintensive, cottage industry. The objective of this paper is to study the impact of Covid on the handicraft sector, important problems in this sector, and suggest strategies for the development of handicrafts sectors, artisans, their social, economic justice, and better labor relations. With these strategies, they may convert them from workers to entrepreneurs and to develop entrepreneurial capacity in artisan for solving the challenges and create opportunities and attract the researcher toward developing handicraft index. These strategies will explore India as a manufacturing hub in the world map and revive the Artisans and their Craft Skill, Traditional Technology that is sustainable, and employment generative which can carry happiness in humans as well as in nature. – Reproduced Atmanirbhar Bharat, Strategies, Handicraft, COVID-19, Entrepreneur. Capacity building. Handicraft index, 36332 The Indian Journal of Economics HANDICRAFTS AR 0 0 ddc 0 0 396608 IIPA IIPA 2023-03-03 101(403 pt. 4), Apr, 2021: p.545-569 AR128187 2023-03-03 AR