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20/05/23 06:47 AM IST

Pashmina Certification Centre

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  • Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Shri Bhupender Yadav inaugurated Pashmina Certification Centre(PCC) set up in Wildlife Institute of India,Dehradun,Uttarakhand with tagging the first unique ID barcode and issuing the PCC certificate.
About the Centre
  • The purpose of setting up this PCC is to streamline the Pashmina Trade and to provide a one-stop testing facility to certify genuine Pashmina Product free from any prohibited fibers to the associated manufacturers, exporters, and traders.
  • The PCC at WII, Dehradun, will assist honest exporters and traders involved in the trade of genuine Pashmina products. Setting up such a facility in India will be a game changer for the seamless trade of genuine Pashmina products with authentic certification.
  • In concurrence with the Central Government’s policy, it is a kind of facility based on the Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) model for assisting the Pashmina traders in obtaining authenticity certificates for selling certified and genuine Pashmina products.
  • Under this MoU, the advanced technologies have been housed in a single facility supporting Pashmina test procedures.
  • It is an example of a self-sustaining and revenue-generating facility in a government organization supporting associated exporters and traders on a payment basis.
  • This certification will help buyer to procure authenticated and certified Pashmina products.
  • The PCC certification will have national and international importance with the availability of authenticated certification.
Significance
  • PCC in WII will be one focal center to obtain a certificate for seamless trade of Pashmina products, thereby will assist in revenue generation for the country through artisans and traders.
  • Pashmina is a major source of livelihood for the artisan and weaver community of Jammu & Kashmir;
  • This center will also help them to speed up their industry, which was under scrutiny due to the unavailability of such facility and frequent confiscation at the exit point of the country by the Customs due to suspect of potential mixing of prohibited fiber and export a mixed lot of banned wool along with the Pashmina under misleading name and labels.
Source- PIB

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