Our Objectives - Socio-economic Aspects
Our Objectives - Socio-economic Aspects
It is obvious that the Cluster is having 2500 weaver households who are solely dependent on handloom industry for their socio-economic upliftment. Besides handloom weavers numbering 2500 working on looms other population numbering 5000 are extending supportive works in firm of suppliers of dyes, cotton yarn, silk yarn, accessories, warping, etc. The idea of reviving Khadi handloom generates from the significant role they are playing in promoting employment, particularly to the jobless weavers, Extinction of village/traditional industries would complete the win of the economic balances in village. They form a part of the rural occupational structure and their decline leads to the dislocation of a sizeable number of workers. Khadi play an important role by providing employment opportunities with less amount of capital. Other factors, which weigh in favour of this sector, are its capacity to attract small savings to productive channels, short gestation period, and its adaptability to rural and semi urban environment where infrastructure may not be fully developed. The village and small industries sector has been recognized as an effective tool for providing gainful self-employment opportunities. These industries are also considered an important instrument for promoting rapid industrial growth by providing greater employment opportunities in particular to women and weaker sections of society and for bringing about a reduction in regional disparities and removal of economic backwardness of the rural and undeveloped area. To remove poverty, the purchasing power of the poor masses will have to be increased first to enable them to fulfil their basic needs. The question of removal of poverty could therefore be identified with the question of providing employment to the underemployed and unemployed.
The basic Socio-economic objectives for setting up of the project are :
a) Social Objective—To create employment opportunities in the non-farm sector in the rural areas at wages/earnings, which are, at least, comparable to the prevailing levels of wages in the farm sector.
b) Economic Objective—To produce saleable articles to provide services for which there is effective demand as well as enhancement of income of artisans.
c) Wider Objective—To support rural development in its widest sense and to improve the quality of life.