OVERVIEW
Rajasthan is a part of the 'Color Belt' of Western India.
The starkness of the desert, the arid, colourless landscape
- are balanced by the brilliant range of colors found in
the textile of Rajasthan.
Today textile mills have captured the mass markets but even
then, fortunately, they cannot produce the large range of
color & variation of motifs & patterns used by the
skillful artisans of Rajasthan. Thus continues an ancient
tradition through which the  different
castes and communities are identified. For instance Rangrej
- the dyers , Nilgar - the indigo dyers, Chippas - the block
printers , Brahmkhatris - the screen printers, Ansaris -
the weavers & so on.
The traditional communities have highly developed color
sense and they handle the material efficiently. As a result
the hand processed textiles of Rajasthan, be it tie &
dye, hand block prints, embroidery, patchwork and appliqué,
beadwork & establishments or handlooms, a distinctive
image of Rajasthani Textiles is unfolded to the visual delight
of the customers.
No wonder the textile exports is the biggest segment in
the export basket of commodities in the state. This consists
of Readymade Garments, Made-ups, Soft furnishings and 
Fabrics. If one takes into account the yarns and the floor
coverings/carpets, the total export figure crosses 1000
crores a year.
Textile is the biggest employer sector in Rajasthan next
only to Agriculture. This sector incidentally employs labor
in the unorganized manner unlike the mainstream industrial
sectors. This way segment of population consist of the main
target segment of RCCI-SDC Project.
Broad Statistics
Formal/Organised
sector
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Mill sector- The state has 7 composite mills with spinning
and carding facilities and 27 mills with spinning facilities.
8 mills have got ISO 9000 Registration. The main concentration
is in Bhilwara, Alwar, Jaipur and Banswara districts.
Total employment generated 30,000
-
Powerloom Sector- Total powerlooms installed in the state
are 12745 as per Directorate of Industries census 1999.
The prominent clusters are Bhilwara, Kishangarh and Sawai
Madhopur.
Total employment generated: 40,000
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Handloom Sector- The state has 33023 handlooms installed
with about 62,000 weavers working. 80% of these are in
rural areas. 815 weaver co-operative societies are registered.
Informal/Unorganised
sector
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The artisan based household units and micro enterprises
consist of this sector; usually not registered with any
govt. authorities. The sector is the source of livelihood
for majority of rural people. Over 2 lac people are directly
and indirectly engaged in the sector, as per the rough
estimates.
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60% of these consist of rural women and children, who
generate alternative employment in the poor rural households.
Sanganer
Textile Hand Printing Cluster Overview
Sanganer is known for its age old form of block printing (
A heritage craft) with the use of vegetable dyeing. Chippas,
a local community is predominantly engaged in the printing
work where as Rungrej and Nilghar communities traditionally,
are engaged in dyeing and tie-dye work, which supplements printing.
Over
the years the technology has evolved with the need of the
industry readymade garment and furnishing export industry,
with its base in Jaipur, because of which screen printing
has taken dominance over the block printers with the main usage of chemical
and synthetic dyes. There are estimated to be around 300 block
and screen printing units in Sanganer & its adjoining areas.
Of
late, there has been decline in the textile industry which
has badly affected the hand processors of Sanganer as almost
30% units have been shut down. Further the non-availability of
bulk orders has reduced creating loss of jobs. The quality has
also deteriorated, the competitiveness eroded and the
technology required revamping.
Over and above the environmental laws had been
stricter and environment compliance in the form of
establishment of ETPs was required in a big way. Amidst this backdrop, RCCI took up a challenge to improve
the demand conditions, inducing new skills & upgrading
existing ones, infusing indigenously developed technology
awareness for such efforts in the cluster. The results
have been quite encouraging which can be seen in the following
status report
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