Carpet Handicraft Industry in Kashmir an Over View
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International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Development International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Development Online ISSN: 2349-4182, Print ISSN: 2349-5979; Impact Factor: RJIF 5.72 Received: 15-05-2020; Accepted: 17-05-2020; Published: 11-06-2020 www.allsubjectjournal.com Volume 7; Issue 6; 2020; Page No. 155-159 Carpet handicraft industry in Kashmir an over view Nadima Fayaz1, Dinesh Madot2 1 Research Scholar, Bhagwant University, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India 2 Assistant Professor, Bhagwant University, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India Abstract Kashmir is very tremendous throughout the world of his wonderful nature as well as outstanding for its handicrafts sector. Kashmir is our valley like, natural beauty, paradise, Kashmir has always been a land of great poets and philosophers but one can’t only restrict Kashmir to them it also houses some of the great artisans and artists who produce exquisite carpet, shawls, paper machie, wood carving, namdha and so forth are the major crafts of the handicraft sector in the Kashmir valley. There has always been a misconception among people as tend to link Kashmiri handicrafts with carpets only but infact there is much more to Kashmir handicrafts industry. There are different qualities available in the market to suit every pocket from as few lakhs. If we talk about Kashmiri handicrafts has a very important place in handicrafts because of its separate design, quality and durability. The carpet industry has remained a key economic activity in the production and has a great contribution towards exports from the handicraft sector in Kashmir. Kashmir has remained on industry backward state due to lack of investment from the private sector, remoteness and poor connectivity, shallow markets, poor infrastructure and most importantly a law and order situation. In Kashmir handicraft both men and women are dependent on the carpet for their subsistence. The present study focuses on to analyze the production export and growth rate of carpet handicraft in Kashmir, steps involved in the carpet manufacturing process, the challenges of the carpet industry in Kashmir and the role of the government in promoting the handicraft sector will also be discussed before concluding the paper. Keywords: handicrafts, carpet industry, production, export, employment Introduction the overall production and export of the state. The Handicrafts are a distinctive feature of a specific culture or traditional handicraft occupations are one of the sources of community through local craft skills and material. India is a livelihoods for the number of rural and tribal people even country with diversity in terms of traditions and culture and urban people in the era of globalization. The traditional also the heart of handicraft products. Handicraft products handicrafts and other goods are famous throughout the are those produced by artisans, either completely by hand, world and many Kashmiri people directly or indirectly are or with the help of hand tools. While craft means a unique related to the handicraft occupations for their income. The expression that represents a culture, tradition and the handicraft occupations act as both primary as well as heritage of a country. In simple words, we can say that secondary source of income in Kashmir. These handicraft handicrafts are a unique expression of the artisans product occupations are a part of our culture and play an important Handicraft is also know crafting Which means a type of role in introducing the material culture richness of our work where useful and decorative devices are made culture to others these occupations are of vital importance as completely by hand or using simple tools handicraft is most cultural heritage. frequently used for the ‘art and craft’ is not only a matter of happiness but also crating useful as well as creative work Carpet Handicraft Industry of Kashmir for people, using natural materials and traditional techniques Kashmir is famous for its fine quality hand knotted carpets, handicrafts constitute an important part of the economics of which are expensive and considered as lifelong investment. the valley from its inception. In the part as well as in the An average piece is made with about 324 knots per square present it has played a vital role in improving social and inch. Persian culture influenced the Kashmiri carpet for economic conditions of the people in the state. This sector is quite long time, but gradually the Kashmiri carpet industry solely responsible for the transition of the economy from has acquired an indigenous character. Kashmir has agricultural to non-agricultural sector. It has proved a major developed some of its own designs based on, the traditional source of employment in the state in which craftsmen, paisley, shawl patterns leaves and flowers. In Kashmir craftswomen and children are employed. The development Tailem method is used to train craftsmen. Wool and skill is of the industry is directly related to the welfare of the used for making carpets the number of knots on the back of people. the carpet indicates the quality. Bokhara hand knotted carpets are one of the finest with about 120-500 knots in a Profile of Handicraft in Jammu and Kashmir square inch. The deep pile of Indian hand knotted carpets The Jammu and Kashmir is very famous throughout the comes in magnificent colors with design which are oriental world the handicraft activities in Kashmir valley are exotic and uniquely modern in Kashmir this trade is past outstanding throughout the because of their quality, art and from one generation to the next During cold winter when design. The handicraft industry holds a substantial share in tourism business ends, they market it personally by 155 International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Development www.allsubjectjournal.com approaching urban cities like Delhi on a door to door basis Methodology of the study Art and crafts is an unspoken description of a society. The Present study purely based on sources of data an Jammu and Kashmir exported handicraft items worth more extensive literature surely has been done. In this paper we than 500 cores in 2009-10, worth over 705.50 cores in 2008- collected from secondary data include both quantitative and 09, and worth 1200 cores in 2007-08 the quality of our craft qualitative is collected from different sources, including and its huge market outside makes this business lucrative. books, Reports, research papers, newspapers, magazines, People have earned huge amount of money through exports and websites is used for the purpose of study production and to various states in and outside India but there’s a flipside on export of carpet industry in Kashmir. The carpet industry in one hand big gems in the handicrafts business have earned Kashmir has made a great contribution towards production, huge money. But that talented artisans who actually makes employment, and export of handicraft products and these master craft pieces, is nowhere in the picture He earns contributes to economic development of the state. The Rs80 a day. He is debt ridden and he can hardly make his production and export of carpet industry since 1990-91 to both ends meet. Due to this reason many such artisans have 2016-17 has been quite encouraging. The production of left their jobs and switched to occupations like during and carpet handicraft in 1990-91 is 84.55 (Rs in cores) in 2015- salesmanship. There a huge difference between what the 2016 is 709-15 and in 2016-17 is 821.50 the export of carpet exporters earn and what the artisans earn. handicrafts. In Jammu and Kashmir in 1990-91 is 26.41 (Rs in cores), in 2015-2016 is 293.29 and in 2016-17 is 369.81 Objectives and the total employment in carpet industry in 1990-91 is 1. To examine the production export and growth rate of 0.74 (in lakh) and in 2016-17 is 1.11 (shown in table 1.) the carpet handicraft in Kashmir main export markets for Kashmiri carpets are USA,UK, 2. To study the steps involved in the carpet manufacturing Germany, Canada and Australia. There is fluctuation in the process in Kashmir growth rate of production and export of carpet handicrafts in Kashmir from 19974 to 2017 shown in figure (1.2) Table 1: Production, Export, Employment, and Growth rate of Carpet Handicraft in Kashmir Year Production (Crore) Yearly Growth rate of Production Export (Crore) Yearly Growth Rate of Export Employment (Lakh) 1974-75 1-38 - 1-06 - 0-64 1976-77 2-77 100-0 3-50 187-7 0-06 1980-81 19-04 587-4 26-80 778-7 0-47 1985-86 35-00 83-8 24-00 -10-4 0-62 1990-91 84-55 141-6 26-41 10-0 0-74 1995-96 112-60 33-2 260-00 884-5 0-79 1996-97 117-10 4-0 20-57 -92-1 0-07 1998-99 126-10 7-7 207-33 907-9 0-83 1999-00 541-00 329-0 489-90 136-3 0-889 2000-01 595-10 10-0 326-06 -33-4 0-915 2001-02 654-.61 10-0 422-21 29-5 0-936 2002-03 655-71 0-2 320-00 -24-2 0-944 2003-04 450-53 -31-0 334-00 4-4 - 2004-05 425-00 -5-7 307-50 -7-9 - 2005-06 425-00 0-0 325-00 5-7 - 2006-07 45-.00 5-9 351-50 8-2 - 2007-08 761-27 69-.0 649-02 84-6 0-970 2008-09 561-27 -26-3 326-00 -49-8 - 2009-10 564-44 0-6 407-73 25-1 - 2010-11 735-10 30-2 412-45 1-20 - 2011-12 776-70 5-7 567-13 37-5 - 2012-13 785-44 1-1 455-86 -19-6 - 2013-14 686-05 -12-7 551-90 21-1 - 2014-15 739-50 7-8 492-18.