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Nation
Self-Reliance in Toy Manufacturing

Time to get Toys have their own importance for the

mental, social, physical and emotional

growth of a child. But only 15 per cent
Vocal for toys available in the country are Made

in India. Not only this, the contribution

of India in Rs 7 Lakh Crore global
LOCAL TOYS! market of toys is just 0.5 per cent. So

Prime Minister Narendra Modi called

upon the toy industry to join the Self-
Reliant India campaign

everal toys were recovered from the So that children
excavation of Harappan site. So the are kept away from
Sstory of toys goes back to ages telling hazardous toys...
that toys played an important role in the
mental development of children even then. Over 93 per cent toys
in India are imported
Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his Mann Ki
and many plants to
Baat recently emphasised on the importance
manufacture these
of toys aligned with culture and ethos of toys are in China.
India and stressed that they should be used As per the QCI
as pedagogical tools across all Anganwadi report, soft toys
Centres and Schools for all-round development Harmful toys meant for small
of children. This is the time to motivate Indian children contain
Around 66.9 per a chemical called
toy industry for Ek Bharat Shreshta Bharat cent imported toys phthalate which is
initiative. This is also the time to get Vocal for are hazardous. cancerous
Local for Indian toys. Quality Council of
India (QCI) has
prepared a report Fibre dropping out
after conducting a from these toys
survey on this can be harmful
for mouth, nose,
throat and lungs.
Hazardous heavy
metals like mercury,
lead and arsenic
were found in these
toys in the survey

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