Question

explain about small scale industries survive in india

Answer 1

While factory industries grew steadily after the war, large industries formed only a small segment of the economy. Most of them  were located in Bengal and Bombay.Over the rest of the country, small-scale production continued to predominate. Only a small proportion of the total industrial labour force worked in factories. The rest worked in small workshops and household units. In fact, in some instances, handicrafts production and handlooms  expanded in the twentieth century. While cheap machine-made thread wiped out the spinning industry in the nineteenth century, the weavers survived, despite problems. In the twentieth century, handloom cloth production expanded steadily.

This was partly because of technological changes which increased the productivity. This increased productivity per worker, speeded up production and reduced labour demand.There were several other small innovations that helped weavers improve their productivity and compete with the mill sector.

Certain groups of weavers were in a better position than others to survive the competition with mill industries. Amongst weavers some produced coarse cloth while others wove finer varieties. The coarser cloth was bought by the poor and its demand fluctuated violently diring famines as the poor dont have money.  The demand for the finer varieties bought by the well-to-do was more stable because  the rich could buy these even when the poor starved. Famines did not affect the sale of Banarasi or Baluchari saris. Moreover, as you have seen, mills could not imitate specialised weaves. Saris with woven borders, or the famous lungis and handkerchiefs of Madras, could not be easily displaced by mill production.

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