Chhattisgarh Hand looms

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Chhattisgarh Hand looms
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In preserving the country's heritage, the
Handloom Industry of Chhattisgarh plays an
important role in economy of the country.
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It has a long tradition of excellence in
craftsmanship therefore it occupies a place of
eminence.
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The Industry of Chhattisgarh Hand looms has
potential to provide large scale rural
livelihoods with minimum infrastructure cost. The
reason behind the additional strength and growth
of the industry is that it is independent of
generated power.
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The advantages are that it has potential skill
diffusion, low capital intensive, and has a
potential for employing large numbers. Therefore
it is turning out to be the best option among all
the unemployed people.
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The Government of Chhattisgarh is implementing
various Central and State Developmental Schemes
to uplift the living condition of weavers in the
state. There are 17400 handlooms in the state,
out of which co-operative sector covers about
8800 handlooms.
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Assistant for Modernization of Handlooms, New
Weaving Training, Construction of Common Facility
Centre, Anshpunji Loan, Dhanveshthan, Revolving
Fund Scheme, Market Survey and Exhibition Scheme,
Research and Development Scheme etc are being
implemented by the Directorate of Rural
Industry(Handloom Sector) in Chhattisgarh.
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Integrated Handloom Development Scheme has been
started to ensure the integrated development of
the Handloom sector in a number of regions which
includes Chhattisgarh hand looms.
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With an objective to create alternative
employment schemes for the weavers in the state
of Chhattisgarh, Shashkiya Vastra Pradya yojana
is implementing state level Apex Federation,
Chhattisgarh State Handloom Development
Marketing federation Raipur.
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Under this scheme, the Federation is working as
Nodal Agency for the supply of fabrics and
readymade garments produced by state's weavers to
various Government Departments and Public sector
units.
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There are 7900 weavers of 125 weavers
co-operative societies who are engaged in the
work of Chhattisgarh Hand looms and can get
employment through Government supply production.
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Chhattisgarh is the second largest raw tussar
silk producing state in the country.
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The state has been producing 500 metric tonne of
raw tussar silk.
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Chhattisgarh has signed an agreement with
e-commerce leader Flipkart for promoting and
marketing handloom products. The portal will help
all the small and medium scale enterprises to
retail their range to the customers across the
globe and present it on a global platform.
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