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PROJECT MUSLIN
The MSME&T Department of West Bengal, through WBKVIB, has initiated "Project Muslin" to revive the traditional heritage craft and support the livelihoods of involved artisans.
Historically suppressed by colonial policies, the Bengali muslin industry saw a decline in quality, forcing skilled artisans to abandon the craft for other livelihoods. "Project Muslin" aims to reverse this trend.
Key intervention areas include:
- Skilling/Training (a priority)
- Infrastructural Support
- Quality Control
The initiative, supported by a MoU with the Kolkata Craft Combine Society, focuses on empowering artisans, improving production, and ensuring better, sustainable returns for their work.
WBKVIB is focusing on training and upskilling to tackle challenges in scale, quality, and employability, particularly for women. Through partnerships, the project aims to introduce modern technology and design to meet global standards while promoting product diversification.
| Sl No. | NAME OF THE DISTRICT | TRAINING ON | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPINNING | WEAVING & DESIGNING | DYING & PRINTING | PRE LOOM | ||
| 1 | MURSHIDABAD | 19 | 04 | 02 | 01 |
| 2 | MALDA | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | BURDWAN | 08 | 01 | 01 | 0 |
| 4 | BIRBHUM | 12 | 03 | 01 | 01 |
| 5 | NADIA | 08 | 02 | 02 | 0 |
| 6 | PASCHIM MEDINIPUR | 01 | 01 | 01 | 0 |
| 7 | BANKURA | 04 | 02 | 01 | 0 |
| 8 | HOWRAH | 04 | 04 | 0 | 02 |
| 9 | HOOGLY | 06 | 01 | 0 | 01 |
| 10 | 24TH PGS (N) | 01 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 75 | 18 | 08 | 05 | |
Matiary Kutir Shilpa Pratisthan at Nabadwip is the facilitating agency which runs the training center under WBKVIB for creating Muslin fabric of 500 count and plans to take up the challenge of producing fabric as fine as 600 counts. There are approximately 60 women that work in the unit and they plan to extend it to more women of the area and make it a complete unit handled exclusively by women.
West Bengal Khadi & Village Industries Board had taken a project of “Pre-Loom/Weaving Preparatory Section” in the arena of Khadi Sector in association with Govt. College of Engineering & Textile Technology, Serampore.
| Sl. No. | Section | Previous | Now | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Yarn Wetting Process | Process time: 4-5 days | Process time: less than 1 day | Loom waiting time reduces by minimum of 3 days |
| 2. | Sizing Paste Preparation | Rice Dust Paste | Latai making is Eliminated | New recipe enhances the quality and productivity |
| 3. | Latai Making Process after Sizing | 1. Making of Latai | Process ongoing... | Pending evaluation |
I. An infrastructure – Comprising Physical Infra, technology and innovation support. WBKVIB is on spree of revival of the glory MUSLIN KHADI, at the grass root level and in the past years 4633 nos. appropriate CHARKHAS and 4580 nos. advanced looms were supplied to the selected Muslin artisans who possess enough potential and possibilities. These units can be on the way to becoming the piller of growth. Availibilities of infrastructure means access to latest technology.
| SL NO. | District | No. of Charkha | No. of loom supplied |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Paschim Medinipur | 15 | 250 |
| 2. | Purulia | 52 | 86 |
| 3. | Nadia | 283 | 64 |
| 4. | Murshidabad | 1606 | 1282 |
| 5. | Malda | 1228 | 785 |
| 6. | Howrah | 244 | 168 |
| 7. | Purba Medinipur | 30 | 10 |
| 8. | Hooghly | 110 | 24 |
| 9. | Burdwan | 339 | 124 |
| 10. | Birbhum | 378 | 729 |
| 11. | Bankura | 70 | 769 |
| 12. | Darjeeling | 1 | 240 |
| 13. | 24 Parganas (N) | 183 | 38 |
| 14. | 24 Parganas (S) | 77 | 0 |
| 15. | Head Quarter | 2 | 0 |
| 16. | KCCS (Facilitator) | 15 | 11 |
| TOTAL | 4633 | 4580 | |
II. The possibilities and potential for job creation and weath formation are immence in the Khadi Sector and to provide gainful employment at the doorsteps of the rural un-employed, especially youth and women. Women’s emancipation and empowerment at the core of all development activities of WBKVIB. Within good infrastructural facilities the building of CPC is an important and so far 496 nos. CPC have been completed and 96 nos. will be completed soon for the place of working Muslin Artisans.
| SL NO | District | No of Proposal Received | No. of Proposal approved | No of Proposal Accepted | No. of Proposal under process | No. of Proposal rejected | No. of artisan deposited own contribution | Fund disbursed for no. of cases | Fund to be disbursed for no. of cases | Fund disbursed (Rs.) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | HOOGHLY | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2. | NADIA | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3. | BIRBHUM | 256 | 172 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 167 | 86 | 81 | 9674265/- |
| 4. | MURSHIDABAD | 279 | 278 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 278 | 278 | 0 | 31272645/- |
| 5. | BANKURA | 24 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 1349897/- |
| 6. | PURULIA | 53 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 39 | 38 | 1 | 4274675/- |
| 7. | HOWRAH | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 1462396/- |
| 8. | PURBA BURDWAN | 28 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 19 | 3 | 2087482/- |
| TOTAL | 659 | 553 | 2 | 3 | 101 | 528 | 446 | 96 | 50121360/- | |
It is an attempt to facilitate the development of Khadi spinners and weavers essentially belonging to BPL category by providing them financial assistance for construction of worksheds, on pilot basis.
Financial Assistance for construction of workshed will be provided to those Khadi Artisans who belong to BPL category through the Khadi institutions with which these khadi artisans are associated.
Quality Control is a set of steps or guidelines designed to guarantee that a product (Khadi Fabric) meets certain performance standards and customer expectation. The above is generally measured by various production components or a set of steps or guidelines:
• Selection of raw materials.
• Fiber manufacturing.
• Yarn manufacturing.
• Fabric construction.
• Dye and coloration.
• Printing & design.
The entire components are tested at Board’s in house testing laboratory by the experienced textile engineers before receiving any such fabrics which is in brief:
• Yarn testing : yarn occupies the intermediate position in the manufacture of fabric from raw materials. Yarn results are therefore essential, both for estimating the quality of raw material and controlling the quality of fabric produced.
• Sampling : the sampling must be true and representative of the Bulk lot.
• Ambient condition for yarn testing : Elongation, yarn evenness, imperfections, count etc. temperature 20+ 2 degree centigrade.
Raw materials of Muslin Khadi Fabric
A Khadi Institution (may be either the fold of KVIB or KVIC) Producing Muslin Khadi can only develop higher performance and sustainable profitability if the quality standards are maintained (in sync) to the global standard. It also enhances competitiveness in the Muslin Khadi Industry.
The programme aims to develop global competitiveness among Bengal’s Muslin Khadi Producers by improving the process design technology and market access. It also aims at value-added cost-effective solutions.
Muslin Khadi is already repositioning on the Khadi Map.
The Board has set up a physical testing of cotton yarn and fabrics, chemical testing of cotton fabrics testing laboratory, and also for the standardization of the parameters which is an ultramodern lab manned by qualified personnel to ensure maintenance of quality to meet the stringent standards. We may test both physical and chemical properties of the yarn and fabric. (ISO certificate obtained and furnished below).
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