Carpet Belt India

Child labor in north india s hand woven carpet sector.

Carpet belt india.

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It includes countries such as northern china tibet turkey iran the maghreb in the west the caucasus in the north and india and pakistan in the south. This belt is famous from the age of akbar regime. Carpets online 50 off. Us is the largest importer of carpet from india in previous years.

Tackling child labor in india s carpet belt author. I have visited this area several times across the last decade and despite recent pronouncements by the government of india. Bhadohi mirzapur region of uttar pradesh is famous for gabbe woollen carpet in india and outside india. Available in types like fur fluffy and colors like black white.

The total number of children involved in the industry in south asia is very difficult to assess but in india the south asian coalition on child servitude estimates that between 200 000 and 300 000 children are involved most of them in the carpet belt of uttar pradesh in central india. Monique jessen tonic usa published on. Geographically oriental rugs are made in an area referred to as the rug belt which stretches from morocco across north africa the middle east and into central asia and northern india. The famous carpet belt of bhadohi mirzapur had been freed from child labour claimed minister of state for textiles panabaka lakshmi and textile secretary rita menon they were in the.

The carpet manufactured here are mainly export centric. Since the early 2000s the carpet industry has entered into a new phase characterized by an overall decline in the production and exports of hand knotted carpets. The carpet belt of north india spreads west from the city of allahabad east through bhadohi over to varanasi along the banks of the ganga river. 25 october 2010 care fair a pro education initiative in india pakistan and nepal was set up in 1994 by a group of german carpet importers who wanted to tackle the problem of child servitude in the industry.