Handloom - I

Abstract

Various letters and docs on the imposition of excise duties on all power loom units with 3-4 power loom, and the crisis of unemployed power loom workers due to the closure of power loom units. Includes appeal to Mr. A.S.Danga (President of India) from handloom weavers from Ponneri (Chingleput district, Madras) on issues of low wages, and fixing of monthly salaries; Letters from the Association of Small Powerloom Units of West Bengal, Ichalkaranji Powerloom Weavers' Co-operative Association (Kolhapur); to the Union Finance Minister; Madras State Handloom Weavers Cooperative Society, etc.