Abstract:

Glorious history of handloom in India as well as of West Bengal is well known to all. Present of handloom has also the fame in respect of its versatility and uniqueness. It is such a sector which provided a huge number of employment next to Agriculture. This industry is high labour and low capital intensive and sustainable in nature. The statistics exhibiting that handloom sector provided with direct employment to over 6.5 million people in India and in West Bengal is 6.6 lakh in weaving and allied activities. Among the eight community development blocks of Dakshin Dinajpur Gangarampur has the highest concentration of handloom industry. In Dakshin Dinajpur such a “Green Industry” in recent days is facing a number of problems like- crisis of raw-materials, low wage, sharp decline of number of weavers, lethargy of new generation in adopting weaving as their livelihood, competition with power loom sector, small domestic market etc.