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Capstone Project Report
The Silence Of The Looms
A study on the Varanasi Silk Industry and weavers’ sub-human living conditionsAs Submitted to:
People Vigilance Committee on Human Rights(PVCHR),Varanasi
Under the benign guidance of:
Dr Lenin RaghuvanshiFounder/Convener, PVCHR
Umang AgrawalIInd Yr, MBA CoreNMIMS3/15/2008
Acknowledgements
I must express my deepest gratitude for Dr Lenin Raghuvanshi,founder/convener of PVCHR and my project guide, for givingme an opportunity to work on a subject close to my heart.Despite his busy schedule, he managed to take out timeproviding me the guidance and direction without which thisproject would not have been possible.I also thank Mr Hemang Agrawal, my elder brother and afashion designer with expert knowledge of the Varanasi SilkIndustry, for his inputs.I am equally indebted to Mr Abhishek Agrawal, MBA - Instituteof Rural Management, Anand, for his invaluable support andinputs.
Umang Agrawal March 15, 2008 Mumbai
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Contents
Acknowledgements...................................................................................2Contents......................................................................................................3List Of Tables..............................................................................................6Introduction................................................................................................7Benares Silk Industry: An Overview......................................................81.1. Introduction .......................................................................81.2. Product Mix ......................................................................81.3. Market For Saree ...............................................................91.4. Market for Non-Saree Products ....................................101.5. Dry-Cleaning: A Major Constraint ..............................101.6. Export ...............................................................................101.7. Sector-Structure ..............................................................11Weaver Typologies...............................................................11Sattiwala, Grihastha, Gaddedar.........................................12Handloom and Power loom Relationship........................12Representational Agency.....................................................14The Weaver..............................................................................................151.8. Weaver force And Its Growth .......................................151.9. City Village Concentration ...........................................151.10. Gender ............................................................................161.11. Active Weaver force .....................................................161.12. Career Span ...................................................................161.13. Skill Differences ............................................................161.14. Work Models .................................................................161.15. Wage Fixation and Relationship ................................171.16. Channels for Producer Weaver ..................................181.17. Weaver: Preference and Aversion ..............................181.18. Weaver Earnings ...........................................................181.19. Continuance in Weaving Occupation ........................201.20. Work Culture .................................................................203
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« prev | next »- Acknowledgements
- Contents
- List Of Tables
- Introduction
- Benares Silk Industry: An Overview
- 1.1.Introduction
- 1.2.Product Mix
- 1.3.Market For Saree
- 1.4.Market for Non-Saree Products
- 1.5.Dry-Cleaning: A Major Constraint
- 1.7.Sector-Structure
- Weaver Typologies
- Sattiwala, Grihastha, Gaddedar
- Handloom and Power loom Relationship
- Representational Agency
- The Weaver
- 1.8.Weaver force And Its Growth
- 1.9.City Village Concentration
- 1.11.Active Weaver force
- 1.12.Career Span
- 1.13.Skill Differences
- 1.14.Work Models
- 1.15.Wage Fixation and Relationship
- 1.16.Channels for Producer Weaver
- 1.17.Weaver: Preference and Aversion
- 1.18.Weaver Earnings
- 1.19.Continuance in Weaving Occupation
- 1.20.Work Culture
- 1.21.Weaver View
- 1.22.Support Structure
- The Handloom Specific Government Agencies
- Co-operative Societies
- District Administration
- 1.23.Overall Picture
- Credit
- Infrastructure
- 1.24.Production Process
- Mohalla-level Designer: The backbone
- Weaver Service Centre: Design Wing
- National Designers and Banaras
- Real Life Success Stories: Design
- Design Work: Significant Developments
- The Gap
- Typical Enterprise Scale
- Economics of dying
- Timetable
- Working Condition
- Vegetable Dyeing
- Quality and Technology
- 1.27.Card Making
- 1.28.Weaving
- 1.29.Raw Material
- 1.30.Raw Material Price: Broad Indicators
- 1.31.Weaver Co-operatives: Some Profiles
- Angika
- Tibetan Brocade
- Jagannath : An Exclusive Saree Weaver Group
- Survey Analysis
- TABLE 1 - LOOMS OWNERSHIP
- TABLE 2 - FAMILY WEAVERS
- TABLE 3 - HIRED WEAVING WORKERS
- TABLE 4 - MODE OF WORKING
- TABLE 5 - YARN CONSUMPTION
- TABLE 6 - PRODUCT MADE DURING LAST 3 YEARS
- TABLE 7 - PRODUCT MADE DURING LAST 3 YEARS (DRESS MATERIAL)
- TABLE 8 - VOLUNTARY CLOSURE DURING THE YEAR
- TABLE 9 - FOOD CLOSURE DURING THE YEAR
- TABLE 10EARNINGS DURING LAST ONE YEAR OWN-YARN WORK
- TABLE 11 - EARNINGS DURING LAST ONE YEAR JOB-WORK
- TABLE 12 - BENEFITS RECEIVED (Y/N) (NO OF WEAVER)
- TABLE 13 - AWARENESS: WEAVER SERVICE CENTER (NO OF WEAVER)
- TABLE 14 - BENEFIT FROM WSC
- TABLE 16 - PLAN TO MOVE TO OTHER OCCUPATION
- TABLE 17 - RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE DECLINE (NO. OF WEAVERS)
- TABLE 18 - FAMILY
- TABLE 19 - ASSETS
- Common Weaver Comments
- Diagnosis Of The Cluster And Common Problem
- 1.33.Problem Analysis
- City Economy and Demography
- Absence of Ownership
- Market Dynamics
- Policy Environment
- Practical Consequence
- Swot Analysis
- 1.34.Strength
- 1.35.Weakness
- 1.36.Opportunity
- Strategy And Action Plan1
- 1.38.Strategy
- PMTI
- Handloom Alone Alliance
- 1.39.Action Plan
- Year 1
- Year 2
- Year 3
- PVCHR and “Varanasi Weavers’ Trust”
- Annexures
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