India KP Chair held a Special Forum
ASM explores intersectoral approaches for artisanal welfare and capacity building Mega CFCs planned, at least one CFC planned for every high-potential cluster For us, Dabbawalas, the customer is God! Need to change the narrative and perception of ASM A Special Forum on “Artisanal Mining: From Smaller Steps to Larger Outcomes” was held at the ongoing five-day Kimberley Process Intersessional Meeting 2019 in Mumbai today. The session provided the participants a glimpse of various opportunities and challenges facing the sector and expressed solution ideas drawn from experiences within as well as outside the sector. Senior Economic Advisor, Department of Commerce, Ms. Rupa Dutta said that Common Facility Centres (CFCs) have emerged as a great best practice for socioeconomic transformation, which could be replicated by participating countries. “We encourage friends from diamond-producing countries to adopt similar models for alluvial and artisanal mining.