PMC:4292198 / 1875-2965 JSONTXT

{"target":"http://pubannotation.org/docs/sourcedb/PMC/sourceid/4292198","sourcedb":"PMC","sourceid":"4292198","source_url":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/4292198","text":"Indian weaving industry has traditionally been one of India's thriving sectors of mass employment. The weaving industry of India provides employment to approximately 12.5 million people, thereby, making this industry the largest provider of rural workforce.[1] Over 3,800,000 weaving industries have been built throughout India, Andhra Pradesh houses some 3,20000 weaving industries. Abundant raw materials and an unlimited supply of cheap labor have contributed to the success of weaving industry.[2] The weaving industry is supporting some 32 other sectors that include marketing, financial, transportation, hotels, and even maintenance.[3] The weaving industry in India has self-depending mechanism that includes training the young weavers, abundance of resources and capacities, thereby, helping the industry not to be dependent on the government. The manufacturing of the weaving products makes a remarkable contribution to the national GDP and even in the exports revenue. It is estimated that the Indian weaving industry would grow by 25% to over 35 million tons by the year 2013.[1]","tracks":[]}