I. J. of Business & Management Research
Research Article
Socio Economic Conditions of Handloom Weavers –A Study of Karimnagar District
Author(s) : Ankam Sreenivas*, Kalakotla Suman
Publisher : FOREX Publication
Published : 30 March 2016
e-ISSN :2347-4696
Page(s) : 1-16
Abstract
Handloom weaving is an ancient industry. The textile cottage industry includes cotton, silk, and bleaching, dying, finishing, hosiery, lace embroidery, silk reeling, silk twisting. It is the chief means of livelihood to people who entirely depend upon it. Handloom sector plays an important role in state economy. Weaving is the basic process among the various manufacturing stages of handloom clothes. It is defined as a frame for weaving equipped with some wooden devices. The sound of the handloom is the music of rural home. In the process of weaving the handloom weavers achieve harmony of motion and rhythms in Karimnagar. Telangana is one of the important States in the Handloom Industry. Handloom industry has providing employment in directly 2.41 lakhs and indirectly 6 lakhs. There are about 82,435 handloom weavers in cooperative fold and 1, 58,902 in outside cooperative fold. There are 475 Weavers Cooperative Societies in the State consisting of Cotton-253, Silk-50, and Wool-44. Besides this, there are 128-Tailor and other societies. There is one Apex society i.e. TSCO for marketing the handloom products.
Keywords: Karimnagar, Handloom weaving, cottage industry, Socio Economic, state economy
Ankam Sreenivas*, Research Scholar, Department of Commerce and Business Management, Kakatiya University, Warangal, Telangana.; Email: asreenivas22@gmail.com
Kalakotla Suman, Department of Human Resource Management, Kakatiya University, Warangal, Telangana.; Email: Kalakotlasuman@gmail.com
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Ankam Sreenivas and Kalakotla Suman (2016), Socio Economic Conditions of Handloom Weavers –A Study of Karimnagar District. IJBMR 4(1), 1-16. DOI: 10.37391/IJBMR.040101.