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Issues of the different economic segments in the cluster:
SL No Segment Major Issues Remarks
1 Weaves earning
Less than
Rs.2500 p.m
-Working capital
-Health
-Mainly unskilled
-Poor marketing linkages ; mostly doing distress
sales, either to Master Weavers or to near Master
Weavers or to nearby villages.
-Mainly produce low range
Existing interventions are of
generic nature. They need
focused attention on working
capital solution and skill
based capacity building social
measures.
2 Weavers earning between
Rs.2500 p.m to Rs.5000
p.m
Heavy dependence on local traders for the sale of
their products and raw material supply.
Occasionally participate in expos organized in
different parts of the state or outside the state.
Mainly produce middle range
Need selected market
interventions through
network mode. Most of
these are members of
cooperative societies.
However the Presidents and
Secretaries of the societies
have monopolized these
societies to market their
products.
Design Clinic 5 Band Workshop Report : Poiranga Handloom Cluster, Boko | 2011 | Dibakar Choudhury 64