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How to increase the demand of Indian silk products in the country as well as abroad?

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Jan 01, 2015

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Jul 17, 2015

04:15 AM IST (GMT +5.30 Hrs)

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Silk, the Queen of textiles, is adored by all for its sheer sheen, luster, elegance, class and comfort. It has several natural properties like natural sheen, inherent affinity for ...

Silk, the Queen of textiles, is adored by all for its sheer sheen, luster, elegance, class and comfort. It has several natural properties like natural sheen, inherent affinity for dyes and vibrant colours, light weight, resilience and excellent drape etc. which makes it distinct from all other fibers both natural and man-made. Though silk products are consumed more by urban rich, its production is highly employment oriented, low capital intensive and remunerative that churns out value added products of economic importance, especially the rural people.

India is the second largest producer of silk in the world and the silk industry provides employment to about 7.8 million people in the rural and semi-urban areas in the country. The women participation in various activities in silk value chain is about 54%. The silk always attracts competition from synthetic fibers, though which look like silk.

Share your ideas and opinions on how to increase the demand for Indian silk in the country as well as abroad by exploring new products, designs, markets, fashion, trends, promotion measures, target groups, etc.

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Balakrishna shetty 11 years 8 months ago

some has written that every govt dept should have complain book/ provision.yes i agree. but on individual basis complain on any govt will boomarang. i had written every DC should have a site like this.complain should be in open and can be annonymus. then that can not be hidden / cant say not seen/ recorded/ not submitted/ didnt know.

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Balakrishna shetty 11 years 8 months ago

yes, today is the day embarrassment for the govt and its voters, you let them down. its lost oppurtunity. in terms of black money. some wrong advice?.after all the good deed with intention !. it is indefensible, accept grace fully and submit every thing and ready for disclosure.its first big lapse.

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Ritwik Saha Prityartham 11 years 8 months ago

On top Varanasi is the PM's constituency nowadays. Instead of demand in hike of import duty, all efforts should be made by Central Silk Board and Silk culturists to enhance the production and quality so that, it will put to an end to import of silk at all. Thus, focus should be on the above concern, instead of asking for increase in duty which is detrimental not only to weavers but also for domestic sericulture, as it will compel the weavers to switch over to another profession than this one.

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Ritwik Saha Prityartham 11 years 8 months ago

Indian-Varanasi Products, made from fine silk are in demand in India and abroad.The famous Varanasi hand-woven saree, since the ancient times, is ranked among the finest traditional sarees Internationally. It alone has more than 1/2 a million weavers involved in Silk or Handloom Industry. The majority of them are from socially and economically weaker sections of the society and are extremely poor. The Handloom/ silk industry is a source of livelihood of about ten lac people in the region.

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Bijayalaxmi Mishra 11 years 8 months ago

Penalty should be imposed on factories and peple polluting water bodies. Alternative mechanism for disposal of industrial effluents must be in place.

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Prakash Gupta 11 years 8 months ago

Silk products are most asked for if rates are reduced by reducing duty and export difficuties.

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Bijayalaxmi Mishra 11 years 8 months ago

The weavers 's interest must be protected. More and more government sponsored exhibitions of handloom materials should be organized. The legislators have the responsibility to protect the handloom sector of their respective areas.

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Ketki Huprikar 11 years 8 months ago

There are some basic issues in using silk material(cost, maintenance, etc) and so the class using pure silk is limited, and normally from good to rich background. So if we lower the prices a bit, we can reach middle class, and by improving the quality and appeal of these items we can make them the obvious choice of the buyer. To flourish in foreign market the appearance and quality will be very important.

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