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Cottage
Industries
Main Cottage Industries
• Handloom
industry
• Silk industry
• Hand-spinning
industry
• Pottery industry
• Biri-making
industry
• Conch-shell and
Ivory industry
• Coir industry
• Salt industry
• Cane and Bamboo
industry
• Soap industry
• Brass and bell
metal industry
• Wood industry
• Miscellaneous
Importance
of cottage industries
1. Supplementary
occupation for the farmers
2. Additional source of
income
3. Cottage industry is
labor intensive
4. Female employment
5. Economy of labor
6. Economy of capital
7. Earning of foreign
exchange
8. Balanced industrial
development
9. Freedom of work and
homely atmosphere
10. Preservation of
arts and skills
11. Use of by-products
of large industries
12. Equitable
distribution of income
13. Raw materials of
cottage industries are
easily available
Problems
of cottage industries
1. Lack of capital
2. Want of credit
3. Low wages
4. Scarcity of raw
materials
5. Scarcity of modern
tools
6. Lack of education
7. Lack of technical
training
8. Lack of power (gas,
electricity etc.)
9. Absence of
government patrons
10. Competition with
large scale industries
11. Uncertainty of
market
12. Lack of gradation
and standardization of
product
Suggested
Solution
1. Improvement of
credit facilities
2. Up to date technique
of production
3. Supply of raw
materials
4. Marketing facilities
5. Education and
training
6. Supply of cheap
power
7. Creation of external
market
8. Removal of
competition by the large
scale industries
9. Classification and
standardization of cottage
product
10. Development of
transport and communication
11. Organization of
cottage workers
12. Purchase by the
government
13. State support
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