The pride of place – India’s handloom Industry India's handloom industry has usually been associated with the image of craft, what is often forgotten is that it is the second largest provider of employment in the country after agriculture. Given this, there is a definitive thrust by the Government to augment the sector and give it support to shape up into a well defined industry. One such initiative has been the development of handloom clusters. The main purpose of developing these clusters has apart from the agenda of social development and keeping a skill heritage alive, the vast potential available in working with handlooms. The strength ranging from flexibility of production in small quantities, openness to innovation, low capital investment and the magical design combinations that are possible. Being one of its kind, the export potential is tremendous as also its usage in the domestic market. Of the various schemes launched including development of Mega Clusters as per the ...
We call it armchair because sitting in the confines of your home, in that comfy chair or a nice cosy place you will be transported to a world of textiles. There is so much happening in the field of textiles that there are no avenues available to write about them. The website is a way to speak, to bring it out and maybe form a database of sorts for future reference.