Economy

Denial of public funds: Handloom sector in union budgets

The handloom sector has been continuously denied public funds. An analysis of budgetary allocations since 1997-98 shows that the handloom sector funding has not kept up with costs of production, and inflationary increases during the period.

Publication Date: 
07/02/2015
Donthi Narasimha Reddy
Economic and Political Weekly
24-27
Tags:
Handloom Workers, Cottage Industry, Finance, India, Budget, Private Sector, Public Sector