The Export Promotion Council for Handicrafts (EPCH), New Delhi, India’s apex body that promotes exports of handicrafts across the globe, has joined the chorus against the restrictions imposed by the Andhra Pradesh government on the sale of black jaggery to the Kalamkari art production units in Krishna district.
The State government’s Special Enforcement Bureau (SEB - Sand and Liquor) had recently imposed restrictions on the sale of black jaggery, forcing the black jaggery sellers to stop its procurement and sale in Machilipatnam and Pedana towns in Krishna district.
Black jaggery is used in the production of Illicitly Distilled (ID) liquor. It is also the prime ingredient to extract the black dye used in Kalamkari art.
