The “Indian Business Standard” reports that machine weaving has forced many hand weavers to put away their looms and join millions of others in low wage factory jobs. As a result the Indian government has implemented a plan that they hope will stop the demise of the traditional Indian weavers and their age-old craft and industry.
Government money is helping to create a weaving cluster near Madurai, a city in the state of Tamil Nadu in the south of India. A weaving cluster is an organized group of upwards of 75,000 weavers. They believe that this funding will employ around 50,000 currently unemployed weavers. The goal of this project is to create a cluster that will save the hand weaving industry in India by increasing productivity and boosting marketing.
Hand Weavers Cluster
by Reporter Chennai
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what the Indian government is doing is actually a good idea because,hand weavers are all losing there jobs to machines. it is a great idea that they organized a group of hand weavers because the unemployed weavers will be able to make a good wage and increase the hand weaving industry.
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