Ever since the earliest
beginnings, the handlooms and handicrafts industry in India has been an
essential part of this country’s culture. While the word ‘industry’ was only
applied to it much later on, the arts of handlooms and handicrafts developed
since the earliest days in Indian history along with its religious and social
fabric. Over the years, different types of handicraft items and handloom
clothing materials have evolved that has appealed buyers both in this country
and abroad. The practices of making handicrafts and handlooms have slowly and
gradually evolved into organized trades, although records of India maintaining
trading relations with other countries and exporting handloom fabrics and
handicrafts have been found in ancient documents. In the last century or so,
India has developed strong trading relations with various countries in Europe,
Australia, New Zealand, USA, certain parts of Africa and many other regions of
Asia, offering them high quality handloom fabrics and beautifully made handicrafts.
These trading relations that
India has with other countries have benefited India in a great way by bringing
in large sums of revenue. This has not only helped India to be more self
reliant but also made it possible for millions of people in this country to
depend on something else apart from agriculture to earn their daily livelihood.
The handloom sarees and other garments that are produced in India are of really
top notch quality and the same can be said of the handicrafts that reflect the
beliefs and traditions of different parts of this country in which they
originate. It is therefore only natural that they will have great demand in
foreign markets. Nevertheless, in the recent times the handicraft and handloom
industry in India has faced stiff competition from various other countries such
as China and Japan when it comes to exporting these goods to foreign countries.
The other thing that has made it difficult for people within the handloom and
handicraft industry is the increasing taxes on raw materials that they make use
of for producing the finished goods.
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It is in such regards that many
politicians and social workers have now come forward to incite the local and
national government bodies to reduce taxes on the raw materials so that the
people involved in the handicraft and handloom industry find it easier to
expand their businesses. The government bodies are also taking strategic
measures so that the handloom and handicrafts industries can benefit from them.
Steps are being taken so that there is growth in annual exports in foreign
lands. Even social media and online shopping sites are coming forward to
promote handlooms and handicrafts that will eventually benefit the country.
Handlooms and handicrafts are
also going to play a crucial role in making Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “Sachho
Bharat” campaign a grand success. The main goal of the “Sachho Bharat” campaign
is to create a clean, pollution-free India within 2nd October 2019 which is the
150th birthday anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. The new and clean India (Sachho
Bharat) campaign is also going to incite a strong fervor of nationalism and
independence among Indians. Not only it is going to educate people about the
importance of sanitation activities but it is also going to inculcate the habit
of taking responsibility and doing one’s own part. The handlooms and
handicrafts of India have been following the same philosophy for hundreds of
years. They have helped the people in India to create their own clothes and
their own utilitarian items and imbibe in them a strong sense of self reliance.
Such factors are going to increase the importance of handicrafts and handlooms
in the coming months as a vehicle of social change.
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