Question

In the twentieth century, handloom cloth production expanded steadily: almost trebling between 1900 and 1940. How did this happen?​

Answer 1

Answer:

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Hand loom cloth production expanded rapidly and tripled between 1900 and 1940. This was due to the technological changes that led to the adoption of looms with fly shuttle by weavers. It increased productivity per worker, speeded up production and increased labour demand. Other innovations also helped the weavers to improve their productivity and compete with mills.

Explanation:

i) Handicrafts producers adopted a new technology which helped in improving the production without excessively pushing up the costs.

(ii) By the second decade of the Twentieth century, most of the weavers started using looms with a fly shuttle. This increased productivity per worker, speeded up production, and reduced the labour demand. By 1941. over 35 per cent of handlooms in India were fitted with fly shuttles: in regions like Travancore,Madras (Chennai) Mysore, Cochin and Bengal where the proportion was 70 to 80 per cent.

(iii) There were several other small innovations that helped weavers to improve their productivity, and compete with the mill sector.