Volume-VI, Issue-I, July 2019 |
Handloom Industry of Dhemaji District of Assam: A Study about Input Using Pattern and Factor Contribution to Production Biman Dutta, M.A., M. Phil, Dibrugarh University, Assam, India |
Received: 02.07.2019 | Accepted: 18.07.2019 | Published Online: 31.07.2019 | Page No: 106-113 | ||||
DOI: 10.29032/ijhsss.vol.06.issue.01W.088 | |||||||
ABSTRACT | ||
Handloom industry has been playing a significant role in social linkage and rural urban technology in Indian economy since time immemorial. It is an ancient household cottage industry providing second largest employment opportunity next to agriculture. It is also playing a vital role in Assam economy also by providing employment opportunity and source of livelihood. The present study has been done on handloom industry of Dhemaji districts of Assam by considering one household as one unit of production tried to observe the inputs using pattern and factor contribution to production. In the study area yarn, man power and loom are found major inputs of production and there are two types of looms i.e., throw shuttle and fly shuttle are found. To see the factor contribution to total product CobbDouglas production function are done separately in case of both fly shuttle and throw shuttle industry. The study found man days and yarn expenditure are significant in throw shuttle industry and in fly shuttle all three factors of production i.e., loom expenditure, man days and expenditure of yarn are found significant. To find out the result the study also used statistical tools of average, percentage etc. Key words: Handloom industry, Input Using Pattern, Factor Contribution, Dhemaji, Assam etc. |