Pune, Nov 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) An exhibition-cum-sales drive of the Maharashtra Prison Industry Sales Centre of goods made by jail inmates for Diwali was inaugurated by Bollywood actress Sonali Kulkarni, here on Monday.
The MPISC was established with the intention to provide a market access to the goods manufactured by the jail inmates during their period of incarceration in various jails in the state.
The jail inmates are provided training in various vocational skills depending on their talent as part of the reformation and rehabilitation process and the goods they create are sold at reasonable rates on occasions like Diwali and other festivals, said an official.
The products include big and small pieces of saris, jewelry, sky lanterns, clothing, bedsheets, towels, bakery products, snacks, kitchen crockery, furniture, personal grooming items, etc. which are kept on display and receive huge response both from the masses and the corporates.
Present on the occasion were top officials like Additional DGP and IGP (Prisons) Amitabh Gupta, Swati Sathe, Sunil Dhamal, Anil Khamkar, Jalinder Supekar, B.N. Dhole, Pallavi Kadam, Ravindra Gaikwad, Mangesh Jagtap and Nagesh Patil.
The actress appealed to the citizens to take advantage of the high quality wares created by the prison inmates at very competitive rates.
Source: IANS
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