This year’s India International Trade Fair is set to see Tihar Jail “aggressively” promote products prepared by their inmates. According to jail officials, they are gearing up to put up a “showroom-kind-of” display at their stall.
The IITF is being organised at Delhi’s Pragati Maidan from November 14 to 27 this year.
Like the earlier years, a stall will be dedicated to Tihar Jail to display their products. This time, inmates of Tihar’s semi-open jail are expected to be roped in to display their products.
“We will be seeking the approval of the prison’s Director General (DG) to allow around a dozen semi-open jail inmates to man our stall,” a senior jail official told The Hindu .
The products they will specially promote this time are spices manufactured by their inmates and a “special” phenyl prepared from neem leaves. t shops in the city’s Dilli Haat.