Anchoring Innovation in Handloom Weaving | Handloom and Law

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Handloom weaving is one of the largest and longest standing economic activities after agriculture, providing direct and indirect employment to more than 43 lakh weavers and allied workers. Combining heritage and innovative skills, this sector contributes nearly 15% of the cloth production in the country and also contributes substantially to export earnings. About 95% of the world’s hand woven fabric comes from India. The handloom sector has a unique place in our economy. It has been sustained by transferring skills generation after generation. The strength of the sector lies in its uniqueness, flexibility of production, openness to innovations, adaptability to the supplier’s demand and the wealth of its tradition. Yet, it suffers from unfair competition from mechanised imitations and unfriendly economic reforms.

Organised by Leiden University, Netherland; and Handloom Futures Trust, Hyderabad, the seminar addressed the following questions:

How can we rethink craftskills and industries that are the pride of our villages, so that they can be celebrated, rather than ignored?

How can we ensure better livelihoods and happiness of rural artisans?

What can Indian craftspeople offer as pioneering lessons to the ongoing global conversation on sustainability and responsible innovation?

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