Chhattisgarh Hand looms

In preserving the country's heritage, the

Handloom Industry of Chhattisgarh plays an

important role in economy of the country.

It has a long tradition of excellence in

craftsmanship therefore it occupies a

place of eminence.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

There are 7900 weavers of 125 weaver’s co-

operative societies who are engaged in the work

of Chhattisgarh Hand looms and can get

employment through Government supply

production.

Chhattisgarh is the second largest raw

tussar silk producing state in the country.

The state has been producing 500 metric

tonne of raw tussar silk.

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.

For More Information:

http://sanskritikchhattisgarh.in/