The handloom industry continues to play an important role in the Indian economy, providing employment to 27.83 lakh households. Nearly 77 per cent of this workforce comprises women who are located in rural areas. This article is a study of Thenzawl handloom cluster in Mizoram, a remote corner of...

The handloom sector in India is important from the point of view of its size and employment potential. Moreover, the sector provides employment to the most vulnerable sections of the Indian population, viz., women, Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs) and Other Backward Castes (OBCs)....

This paper has identified several motivational factors that could have led to entrepreneurship in Saitual cluster which is located at about 77 kilometers from Aizawl, the capital city of Mizoram. Saitual cluster comprises seven villages, viz., Saitual, Keifang, Rulchawm, Maite, North Lungpher,...