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Karnataka silk weavers fret over falling profits due to globalisation by
Shweta Doddaballapura
(Karnataka): Silk weavers in Karnataka lament over falling profits due to
globalization and liberalisation policies. It has affected silk weavers in Doddaballapura,
90 kilometres from the state capital Karnataka. The silk produced here is considered
as one of the best in the country. The city is credited with producing pure silk,
art silk, china silk, soft silk, handloom silk and many more. But, once flourishing
silk business is severely affected now. Many loom owners complain that they are
not fetching profits due to combined effect of liberalisation and globalisation
policies. "This industry was in a good condition a decade ago. This industry was
forced into trouble due to the globalisation and liberalisation policy. Because
of the policies of LPG (liberalisation, privatisation and globalisation), the
home industries and small scale industries, which include weaving as well, could
not compete with the big and large scale Industries," said Hemanth Raju, Weavers
Association President. Earlier, there were 25-30 thousand handloom units in Doddaballapura
alone but now they have been reduced to 8-10 thousand. The other reason causing
worry to the weavers is low demand of genuine silk in the market due to its high
cost price. India's 40 per cent of silk is supplied from Doddaballapura alone
and more than one lakh people are dependent on the silk industry. The city produces
one lakh sarees every week and these are supplied to almost every part of the
country. -June
27, 2009
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