IMPACT OF GOVERNMENT SCHEMES ON HANDLOOM WEAVERS AT MAHESHWAR, M.P.
Keywords:
Handloom, Government Schemes, Maheshwar, Madhya PradeshAbstract
Handlooms form the highest employment generating, labor-intensive and export-oriented industry especially in rural and semi-urban areas in India. This paper aims to study the impact of various government welfare schemes on the weavers working in the handloom sector taking sample population of 106 weavers from Maheshwar city in Khargone district of Madhya Pradesh. Cross-sectional descriptive research was adopted to determine the awareness of weavers against the various schemes like yarn supply scheme, integrated handlooms development scheme, Marketing & Export Promotion Scheme, Health Insurance Scheme, Mahatma Gandhi Bunkar Bima Yojana and assessing the extent to which core issues in weaving are addressed through these schemes. It was revealed from the research that almost one-fourth of weavers surveyed was not aware of these government schemes. Hence, an immediate effort about awareness campaign from government of India in this area is required so that satisfactory usage of these schemes to improve the livelihood and enhancement income of the weavers may take place. This study thus gives recommendations to tackle the bottlenecks of the schemes.
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