Swachh Toycathon
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The ministry of housing and urban affairs (MoHUA) has launched the Swachh Toycathon under the Swachh Amrit Mahotsav recently.
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About Swachh Toycathon:
- The competition is a convergence between the National Action Plan for Toys (NAPT) and Swachh Bharat Mission phase two (SBM 2.0).
- It seeks to explore solutions for the use of waste in manufacturing toys.
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The National Action Plan for Toys (NAPT) 2020 was introduced to promote the Indian toy industry including traditional handicrafts and handmade toys with the objective of establishing India as a global Toy hub. |
- The competition will be open to individuals and groups to bring forth innovation in toy designs using dry waste.
- It will focus on efficient designs that can be replicated on a larger scale, toys that comply with minimum safety standards, as well as aesthetics of the toys.
- Centre for Creative Learning, IIT Gandhinagar is the knowledge partner for the initiative.
- The competition will be hosted on MyGov’s Innovate India portal.
Status of Toy Market:
- Global toy market is worth nearly $100 billion.
- Of which, India contributes only around $1.5 billion.
- India imports around 80% of toys from abroad, which means crores of rupees of the country are going abroad on them.
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