Question

Cottage industry in India object

Answer 1

The Cottage Industry is a form of unorganised industry in which people are engaged in craftsmanship works such as handicraft, pottery, knitting, handloom, etc. They are generally set up at the individual’s home or a nearby place and the workers use traditional equipment. This type of industry is associated with Community Development Programmes, Poverty Alleviation Programmes and Integrated Rural Development.

Milk-based industry, handloom and power loom industry, oilseed industry and food processing in Gujarat; Stone-cutting carpet-making and handicraft industry in Rajasthan; Handloom and power loom, milk-products (mainly Tarai region) in Uttar Pradesh; Food-processing, handloom and power loom, milk products etc. in outskirts region of metropolitans.

Famous centres of the Cottage Industries in India

1. Handloom

(1) Malnmal: Meerut, Mathura, Madurai, Varanasi, Ambala

(2) Chhint: Machhilipattanam

(3) Durri: Agra, Jhansi, Aligarh, Ambala

(4) Khadi: Amroha, Calicut, Pune

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