Impact of Carpet Weaving Activity on Rural  Poor: (A case study on migrated weavers�  households in West Bengal)

Chittaranjan Das; Dr. Swarup Kumar Jana

Volume : I, Issue : XI, August - 2012

Impact of Carpet Weaving Activity on Rural Poor: (A case study on migrated weavers� households in West Bengal)

Chittaranjan Das, Dr. Swarup Kumar Jana

Abstract :

The carpet weaving industry in India is highly labour intensive and it forms a considerable part of the handicraft industry. The industry provides livelihood to approximately 2.5 million artisans and earns significant foreign exchange for the country. This paper tries to examine the socio–economic status of the migrated 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. So the carpet weavers reduce their poverty by increasing their income. Carpet weaving activity helps to reduce poverty to the weavers’ households and also helps to the rural poor to improve their socio–economic conditions.