Feasibility study of a handloom

cluster in Barpeta district of

Assam
Faculty guide
Prof Arvind Gupta

Presented By
Bibhudutta Patra( 25066)
 Flow of presentation
• Objective • Value chain & stake
• Methodology holders of handloom
• industry
Scope & limitation
• Raw material, finished
• Feasibility study &
products, market
Cluster approach
• Support services
• Handloom sector in
Assam and Barpeta • Village survey, why
district feasible
• Recommendation and
other options
 objective
• To study the existing value chain of
Handloom industry in Assam
• Whether a handloom cluster is feasible or
not
• If yes, what should be the institutional form.
• Where Dhriiti should intervene in the value
chain.
 Methodology
• Semi structured interview, group discussion
directly with entrepreneurs and cooperative,
NGOS at the group level
• Direct discussion with the villagers
• Data collection from government sources.
• Identification of support service providers
 Scope and Limitation
• Study is based on the handloom scenario of four
districts Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar, Kamrup,
Barpeta.
• Not spending adequate time in villages.
• Not studying any single failed handloom cluster.
• Not able to collect many relevant data relating to
the handloom cluster from government resource.
• Nine weeks are not sufficient to come to a
satisfactory conclusion.
 Feasibility Study and
Cluster Approach
• Feasibility study

• Cluster approach development.

 Handloom sector in Assam
• History
• 20 lakh looms: 1.5 lakh commercial
15000 silk weaving
• Earning from one loom of muga weaving is
90,000/ per annum which is 10 times than
cotton weaving.
• Alone silk weaving contributes 25,000 lakh
annually.
 Present Handloom scenario in
Barpeta
• Above 6% of total weavers’ households are
residing in this district.
• 81% of the total looms present here are frame
loom ordinary types (other type looms loin loom,
ordinary looms etc)
• In every 10 domestic looms, there is one
commercial loom.
• 84% of the total weavers are still working
independently.
• Most of the weavers’ households have a single
loom.
 Value chain
Yarn traders
Growers & rearers Dyeing
(Mill spun/hand spun)

Sizing, bleaching &

Dyeing / printing Weaving
Beam preparation

Design development
(if jacquard
/dobby used)

Design development
Finishing Stitching/tailoring
like
embroidery

Marketing
 Raw
ARTFED, AGMC Fancy bazaar, Bangalore, Kolkata , Material
supplier
NHDC, KVIC Local Market Chennai, Delhi,
Coimbatore

Processing
Interm
Yarn dyeing Sizing & Loom, its accessories -diaries

beam preparation design cards

Weavers’
community

Individual level, cooperative level, cluster level

naturally or NGO intervention
Marketing
gran, Exhibitions Individual outlets, export Agents

agjyotika, NHDC houses

VIB, TRIFED
 Raw material
• Silk: muga, eri, tassar, mulberry
• Cotton, Polyester, Wool.
• Mix of above
• Upto Rs 1000 per kg can be saved, if if one makes
yarn from purchasing cocoon directly.(Eri, Muga,
Mulberry)
• Others yarns available outside Assam
• One needs to identify the proper agencies/place to
procure yarn so that good quality can be available
at cheaper rate. This is similar with dye also.
• Price chart:-OAC ppt hyperlink\RAw material.doc
 Handloom Products
• Finished products listsOAC ppt
hyperlink\finished products.doc
 Markets
• Local markets Guwahati, Sibsagar, Jorhat
especially certain products
• Outside market through exhibitions, outlets,
export houses
• Exhibitions particularly in Delhi, Mumbai,
Banglore, Hyderabad, Pune
• Thailand, Philippines, Singapore, EU
countries etc.
 Support services
Technical Assistance
• Directorate of Handloom and textiles
• Central silk Board, Directorate of Sericulture
• The national Small Industries Corporation(NSIC)
• Weavers’ Service Center, IIHT
Marketing assistance
• ARTFED, AGMC, DCH
• TRIFED, NSIC
Financial Assistance
• SIDBI, NABARD, DCH, NEDFI
• KVIC
 Response from Village Survey
• Ready to put 8 hours if daily min Rs 50/- assured.
• They are ready to upgrade their skills depending
upon the market demand.
• They are also ready to move out of their houses
and deal with the wholesalers and customers
directly of their produce, if support is given.
• They are ready to participate in Exhibitions
outside Assam.
 Why handloom cluster feasible?
• Discussion with ANT, Mulberry, Sualkuchi
traders, cooperatives
• Elaborate discussion with government officials.
• Weaving skills, skill up gradation, design support,
market support.
• ARTFED annual figure Rs1254.7 lakh handloom
produce from 2.5 lakh weavers out of 20 Lakh
weavers.
 Recommendations
• Dhriiti should try some outside Assam
marketable varieties of handloom products
mainly using the raw material Eri, Muga
mainly.
• Finance: illustration for first year OAC ppt
hyperlink\financial details.doc
 Suggestive Model
Rearing groups Weavers’ Group
(3*10) (5*10)

Reeling, spinning Stitching & design

& dyeing group(1*10) developer team (1*10)

Supplying & marketing

Team(1*10)

Training center
(1*10)

Support services (Technical, financial, Marketing

 Another option
• Giving the market support to the existing
clusters
• After scanning the market demand, ask
them to produce accordingly
• If more cluster formation required, then ask
the existing NGOs or trustees to implement
it in BARPETA district
Thank You