Volume : 5, Issue : 2, February - 2016

ROLE OF HANDLOOM COTTAGE INDUSTRY IN THE DEVELOPMENTAL SPECTRUM OF BISHNUPUR MUNICIPALITY OF BANKURA DISTRICT, WEST BENGAL: AN ANALYTICAL APPROACH

Pinki Mandal Sahoo, Sandhani Sarkar, Koushik Das

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;Bishnupur municipality of Bankura district of the state of West Bengal is very much popular for the presence of many types of cottage industries. Among all of them the handloom cottage industrial sector has the prime importance in the study area. The case study reveals that there is a huge dependency of total population on this industry and this situation portrays the economic and social impact of this handloom cottage industry on the municipal area. But in the pathways of development some major problems identified as: shrinkage of the market, presence of middleman, low income of the workers, dominance of marginal workers etc. To withstand these type of problems some recommendations are necessary like a good co-operative system should be built integrating national and international intiatives to represent the handloom products to the outer world and more national and international exhibitions should be organized frequently to increase the interest of the common people regarding this cottage industry.</p>