A STUDY ON ISSUES AND CHALLENGES OF HANDLOOM WEAVER IN KONGU REGION OF TAMILNADU

Handloom industry in India is the most important & ancient cottage industry with a decentralized setup. The industry is providing livelihood for millions of people in the country. About ten millions are directly depend on the industry to eke out their livelihood. While many more millions of people depend upon subsidiary, occupations connected with the handloom industry. The share of employment provided by the handloom industry in the total decentralized sector is above 5.5%. Thus, this industry constitutes one of the major sectors providing employment to the large number of people next only to agriculture. In regards to production of cloth, this handloom industry is producing one third of the total cloth requirement of the country