Pattern and Impact of Carpet Industry: A Household Level Study in West Bengal
- Author Chittaranjan Das
- DOI
- Country : India
- Subject : Commerce
Keywords : Carpet industry, employment, poverty
Abstract
Development of rural inhabitants has been the primary objective behind all man-made enterprises. The carpet weaving industry is highly labour intensive and almost 100 per cent export oriented industry in India. This paper tries to examine the pattern of the industry, socio-economic status of the carpet weavers and to study the impact of the carpet industry on poverty reduction in sample households in sample villages. The carpet weavers increase their monthly income more than two and half times in respect of their previous (before joining carpet weaving) monthly income and about 80 percent of total incomes are generated from carpet weaving activity of sample weavers’ households. So the carpet weavers reduce their poverty by increasing their income. Carpet weaving activity helps to reduce poverty to the sample weavers’ households and also helps to the rural poor to improve their socio-economic conditions.
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