<span style="color: #222222;">Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has said that the Government of India has identified the toy sector as one of the champion sectors with a long-term vision and plan to develop toy clusters in the country. Speaking at the closing ceremony of India Toy Fair this evening, Mr Goyal said, the mission is not only to make India Atmanirbhar in toys, but also to become a global player with toys made and developed in India, helping create brand India across the world. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">He said, Indian toys not only showcase our rich culture and heritage, but also have huge potential in the training of our children to develop their minds. The Minister said, Prime Minister Narendra Modi initiated this movement as a part of Atmanirbhar Bharat to inculcate the true potential of toys and to develop the ecosystem of toys in India. He said, the potential the toy industry holds to help our youth evolve in their formative years was recognised by the Prime Minister.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Mr Goyal said, India Toy Fair has created a window of opportunity for our artisans, MSMEs, startups, young designers and thinkers. He said, the formula for success is to connect psychology to technology and eco-friendly to eco-systems. The Minister, who also holds the Railways portfolio said, Railways has displayed indigenous toys and handicrafts at Channapatna Station in Karnataka to promote the local toy manufacturing sector. He said, toys can become a symbol to demonstrate India's Quality, Uniqueness, Innovation, Eco-friendliness and thrill of Indian Toys.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Speaking on the occasion, Textiles Secretary U.P. Singh announced that the virtual Toy Fair is being extended for two more days till 4th of March on popular demand. He also informed that it has been decided that after this virtual Toy Fair, 10 to 12 physical regional Toy Fairs will also be organized to promote indigenous toys.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The India Toy Fair also hosted a Toy Design Challenge. There were 225 entries in the Toy Design challenge in two categories Professional and Amateur. In each category, there were cash prizes of Rs one lakh, Rs 50 thousand and Rs 25 thousand to the first, second and third prize winners and Certificate of recognition.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">In the Professional category, Aditya Gupta got the first prize, Garima Kaushik got the second prize while Aditi Ganpati got the third prize. </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">In the Amateur category, Navya Shukla got the first prize, Sanjana Ramakrishnan second and Esha Vijayan third prize.</span>