D.C. (Handicrafts) assists State Handicrafts Development Corporations, Apex and other Handicrafts Co-operatives and Voluntary Organisations to hold exhibitions of handicrafts in various places within the Country. Financial assistance is granted to the organisations concerned to meet the expenses of such exhibitions including the cost for payment of TA/DA to the participating Artisans.

Development Commissioner (Handicrafts) is having 47 Marketing & Service Extension Centres in the Country out of which two are existing in West Bengal. The Centre situated at Burdwan covers districts like Burdwan, Birbhum, Midnapure, Bankura, Purulia, Murshidabad and Nadia while Siliguri Centre covers the districts of Derjeeling, Jalpaiguri, Coochbehar, Uttar & Dakshin Dinajpur, Malda. Other districts are covered from the Regional Office of Calcutta. Taking handicraft artisans from the districts through these centres, the Office of the D.C.(Handicrafts) Organises product Promotion programmes (PPP), Craft Bazars, Market meet cum clinic, Fairs & Festivals in different big cities and Tourists Spots within the Country. Through such programmes the handicrafts artisans get scope for marketing their products without incruring any cost and the artisans are also paid TA/DA for attending such programmes.

The Office of the D.C (Handicrafts) provides financial assistance to Central/State Handicrafts Development corporations, Apex and other Handicrafts Co-operative Societies and Voluntary Organisations for organising training on handicrafts in order to increase the production base of crafts having a high market demand, upgrade the skills of existing craftspersons and to revive rare and dying crafts. All Costs for such training like costs for raw materials, stipend to trainees, honorarium to Instructor, rent for accommodation, contingency and fees for design and technical up gradation etc., are paid by the office of the D.C (Handicrafts) a grants.

The Office of the D.C. (Handicrafts) provides financial assistance to Central/State Handicrafts Development Corporations, Apex and other Handicrafts Co-operative Societies and Voluntary Organisations for setting up of Crafts Development Centres for selected handicraft products for providing all benefits like, technology, design, rewmaterials, servicing and design to the Artisans from all such centres. 75% of the costs for CDC upto a limit of Rs. 7.5 lakhs are given by D.C. (Handicrafts) as grants and balance 25% is borne by the Organisations Concerned.

Every year, Office of the D.C. (Handicrafts) organises National Handicrafts Competition. The selected craftspersons are awarded with National Awards and National Merit Certificates for their creations National Award and National Merit Certificates consist of cash prize of Rs. 25,000/- and Rs. 5000/-, respectively and Certificates from the President of India.

Master craftsmen, who are recipients of National Awards or Merit Certificates or State Awards in handicrafts and private annual income less than Rs. 6000/- with age more than 60 years will be eligible to get financial assistance either in the form of monthly allowance or lump sum grants or both. In no case the assistance shall exceed Rs. 500/- per month or Rs. 6,000/- per annum.

A full-fledged Design and Technical development Centre under the office of the D.C. (H) is located at 9-12, Old Court House Street, Calcutta-700 001 for supply of improvised design and blueprints with technical guidance to artisans, co-operatives, NGOs, Exporters and others free of cost. Besides, Design Development Workshops are also organised in handicrafts concentrated products.

Other Programmes like survey & Studies of Crafts and revival of languishing crafts, setting up of handicrafts Emporium, Construction of Workshed and Workshed-cum-Housing, Group Insurance Scheme for craftsmen etc., are also implemented by the office of the D.C. (Handicrafts).