SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF WEAVERS: AN IMPLICATIVE STUDY OF SAMBALPURI HANDLOOM

Abstract

Handloom unit possess a tremendous potential to create large scale employment opportunities due to their labour-absorbing character. As handloom units are labour intensive, these units have a scope for employment in a massive scale. This is a great significance for the state like Odisha, which has labour surplus economy. Thus an implicative study is done to show the different avenues for sustainable developmen of the weaving community of the state. From the discussion it is clear that over the decade the socio-economic condition of the weaving community has improved being handloom as a primary economic activity. The contribution of handloom in developing the economic condition of the weavers of Odisha and in particular Western Odisha has been large and sustainable in a competitive market.