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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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pradip shah 11 years 6 months ago

Basically the issue of development of such sector requires intervention by government for: (1) standardisation of product processes (2) standardisation of quality and certification agency (3) mechanism to monitor the quality and the Quality mark given, so that people can trust that product. (4) create standard products and design and get it produced from the artisans, so that it can be marketed in large quantity. (5) propagate brands

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priyal shah 11 years 6 months ago

dear sir,we can follow single persent tax policy.flat 15%.which attract more ppl for paying tax..and appoint gov. CA's who can do tax assessment for free...

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Anil Kumar 11 years 6 months ago

We see many ATM's in cities @every 100mtr with different Banks,now RBI has restricted to 5 transactions,I don't know, what is the purpose and benefit to the Banks or to the Governments.What Iam suggesting is that,All Banks should make One ATM ,which must consist of cash deposit facility,One machine and many benefits to the People,then, people can access 24X7 and RBI must remove the transaction limit and all Banks can save the Space,Security,Manpower and can reduce the loan interest. >less...

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Manaswini Parida 11 years 6 months ago

Ideas for new uses of silk especially for abroad market : 1-making fancy ropes used as curtain accessory 2-making fancy haanging items for christmas tree decorations 3- making doll dresses in various outfits 4- making fancy headbands 5- making curtains 6- making scarf 7-framing embroidered silk pieces as wall hangers 8-making mats for doing religious prayers 9-making fashionable skirts and trousers 10-making lampshed covers

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Manaswini Parida 11 years 6 months ago

Silk products: Barbie dolls have always been a fab with children. An indian doll should be released in to market adorned with garments made of Indian textiles viz. silk, cotton, khadi depicting our cultural diversity. The packaging of dolls should describe their name, represented culture such as south indian or north indian, garment manufacturer etc. Such dolls would be appreciated abroad as they would depict Indian culture and would be equally loved in our country.

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Mohit Chopra 11 years 6 months ago

make compulsory for every school that their should be a uniform made up of khaki Atleast ones in a week

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Vipul Agarwal 11 years 6 months ago

By putting silk to various uses- NOT only traditional uses which we already know such as Saree, kurta etc but also researching the world on what use we can adapt according to our customers for example if in Japan they have a traditional dress lets offer that product in Silk to Japanese Tourists and let's do more research and further develop silk into other varieties and forms to make additional products and uses out of it. Have competition to create other uses from silk- promote innovation.

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sathiyamani Srinivasan 11 years 6 months ago

1. Survey the demand categories in global and domestics market 2. Produce those products with proper quality skilled labors and quality check 3. Empower sericulture sector with support and incentives 4. The whole process chain should be monitored by making transparency

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Mangesh Anaokar 11 years 6 months ago

Non-Planned expenditure is usually the culprit to increase the deficit. Can we not make it 100% Cashless? It shall also help in average citizens from rural area to opt for Jana Dhana Yojana, if not opted so far.

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Mangesh Anaokar 11 years 6 months ago

We keep comparing our conditions with other nations, including the USA. But in USA, if a government employee takes an undue step, average citizen can sue him for damages. In India, we have a law protecting the government employees and citizens need a permission for taking them to court. If this law is revoked and brought in line with the US law, government employees shall be answerable for their actions to the citizens, which shall automatically bring Fiscal discipline.

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