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APPENDIX

QUESTIONNAIRE

AN ECONOMIC STUDY OF HANDLOOM WEAVERS

WELFARE SCHEMES IN KANYAKUMARI DISTRICT

I.Identification

1.1. Respondent Name : Mr/Mrs/Miss

1.2. Age :

1.3. Name of the Society :

1.4. Place :

1.5. Name of the Taluk :

1.6. Educational Qualifications : Primary/ Middle/ S.S.L.C./ H.Sc/

Degree/Others

1.7. Years of Experience :

1.8. Marital Status : Married Unmarried

Widowed Divorced

Separated

1.9.Social status : SC/ST/MBC/BC/OC

1.10. Family Status : Joint/Nuclear

1.11. Religion : Hindu/Christian/ Muslim

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II. Family member‟s particulars

Sl.No Name Age Sex

Married/

Unmarried

Occupation

Primary Secondary

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

III. Income particulars (in Rs.Per Month)

Sl.No Particulars Available Not Available Amount in Rs

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

House

Land

Cattle

Vehicles

Looms

Business

Savings

Other Sources

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IV. Expenditure Pattern (in Rs. Per month)

(a) Family expenditure

Sl.No Particulars Amount in Rs.

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Food

Clothing

House Rent

Electricity and Fuel

Education

Medicines

Religious ceremony

Travel Expenditure

Entertainment Expenditure

Other Expenditure

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(b) Occupational Expenditure (Loom Maintenance)

Sl.No Type of loom Amount required per

month/year

1

2

3

4

5

Accessories

Carpentry

Inter weaving expenditure

Transport cost

Others

V. Savings Particulars (in Rs. per year)

Sl.No Savings particulars Total money saved in Rs.

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

Cash in hand

Commercial bank

L.I.C

Postal deposit

Chit funds

Recurring deposit

Co-operative society

Friends & Relatives

Any others

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V.1. Mention the purpose of savings

a.To invest in any kind of asset b. To buy goods as the rich neighbour

c. To meet regular needs d. To meet daughter‟s marriage

e. To meet any unforeseen events f. Any other (specify)

VI. Debt Aspects (Annual in Rs.)

Sl.No Particulars

Amount

in Rs.

Interest

Total

amount

repaid

Total

amount not

repaid

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

Loans from Banks

Loans from Societies

Loans from Money-Lenders

Loans from Relatives

Mortgages

Ancestral loan

Jewels loan

L.I.C

Other loans

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VII. Purposes of Loan

Sl.No Particulars Institution in which loan raised Amount in Rs.

1

2

3

4

House loan

Modernization of loom

To buy raw materials

Others

VIII. Job Particulars

1. Do you have any difficulty in obtaining regular job from the

society: Yes/No

2. If yes, Give the reasons?

3. How many Days do you get work in a year

Days of work No.of. respondents

Below 100

150-200

200-250

250-300

300-350

350 - above

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4. Are you satisfied with the Wage/ Income that given by the society :

Yes / No

5. If No, What are the reasons?

IX. Salient Weavers Welfare Schemes of the Handloom

Industry in Kanyakumari District

A) Name the Schemes from which you have benefited

1.Savings and Security Schemes

2. Weavers Family Pension Scheme

3. Weavers Old Age Pension

4. Rebate Subsidy Scheme

5. Free Distribution of Cloth Welfare Scheme

6. Weavers House cum Work -shed Scheme

7. Weavers Health Package Welfare Scheme

8. Handloom Development Centre and Quality Dyeing Unit

Scheme

9. Moderization of Showroom Welfare Scheme

10. Namakku (Namakkaka) Namae Thittam

11. Swarna Jayanthi Self-Employment Scheme

12. Bunkar Bima Yojana Scheme

13. The Integrated Handloom Training Project Welfare Scheme

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B) Benefits received from the Salient weavers welfare schemes

Sl.No Name of the Welfare Scheme

Total amount in Rs. Month/Year

Loan Subsidy

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

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X. Particulars, Regarding the salient problems of the weavers of

the Handloom Industry

Sl.No Names of the Salient Problems Yes No

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

Raw material shortage

Irregularly of the working opportunity

Low wages

Low Social status

Keen competition from powder loom and mill sector

Low price of handloom products

Lack of credit facilities

Marketing problem

Stock piling problem

Government in consistent policy and its impact on

weaving community

Effect of liberalization, privatization and

globalization policy on employment, production and

export

Political Intervention

Necessity for Training

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XI. 1. Have you satisfied with the availed weavers welfare Schemes?

Yes/No

2. Do you have any suggestions regarding the modernization of the

present or new welfare schemes? Yes/No

3. If yes, give reasons?

4. Do you think the welfare schemes promote social and economic

development of handloom weavers? Yes/No

5. If No, reasons?

Signature of the Enumerator