KHUSHALI- THE LIVELIHOOD OF TASAR SILK WEAVER OF BHAGALPUR, BIHAR

Khushali means prosperity with happiness.

We have beginning to provide microfinance services in these areas. There is a large population who are dependent on weaving for their livelihood. These are Muslim weavers who have been doing the work for generations on tasar silk. Bhagalpur is famous for its tasar silk work. The market is of 500 crores but the potential is of much more. The market is dominated by 10-12 export houses as well as marketing firms based in Kolkata and Bhagalpur. The low quality product is consumed in local market only. The channel work as explained following

The export houses and marketing firms give orders for specific design to be weaved with quality specifications to traders. The traders procure the raw material and give the design and raw materials to the weavers. There weavers weave the design and return weaved product to traders. The traders do the finishing of the product and quality check of the product. The finishing like dying, ironing is outsourced by the traders to specialized workshops. Then, the traders supply the finished goods to the marketing firms and export houses. The weavers are paid on piece meal basis of accepted products. Major margin are taken up by export and marketing houses and small margin is given to traders. In the current scenario, a few NGO like PRADAN have interventions in tasar silk in Bhagalpur. They have tied up with the export agencies as well as growing up cocoons. Despite the efforts, the situation of majority of weavers has not improved because of low prices paid to their labour and non ownership on the processes like procurement, marketing and distribution.

MARKET LINKAGES

BIHAR HERITAGE FOUNDATION, SINGAPORE

COMMUNITY FRIENDLY MOVEMENT

KAMDHENU TRUST- Customised Sarees, Stoles, Kurti, Kurte

DRISHTI, NOIDA- E commerce partner

MAKETICK FOUNDATION, CALIFORNIA, USA- E commerce Partner 

The future Goal by Year 2020:

10 Producer Companies

10 Districts

30 Blocks

200,000 artisans

UPDATES

1. EXECUTED & DELIVERED THREE ORDER WORTH RS 3,00,000 FROM COMMUNITY FRIENDS MOVEMENT, DELHI TO SUPPLY 2000 SCARVES

2. DELIVERED 10 SAREES WITH FOLK PAINTING

3. 1,000,000 0RDER WORTH STOLES IN PROCESS

4. 250 CONFERENCE BAG DELIVERED TO IIMA

5. DESIGN TRAINING BY NIFT DESIGNER

6. FORD FOUNDATION VISIT HAPPENED IN DEC 2008

7. SEWA VISIT HAPPENED IN JAN 2009

8. SDTT SUPPORT KHUSHALI

9. Chanderi DAH exposure visit with support of IIE, Ford Foundation

10. AIACA support MOU signed in June 2009

11. PRODUCER COMPANY MOA filed with ROC

12. SEWA TFC being supplied stoles worth Rs.49,630. Payment pending by 70 days

13. TANA BANA MARKETING PVT LIMITED REGISTERED

14. AN ORDER FROM US BUYER IS BEING NEGOTIATED

15. 20 HANDLOOM PITS AND FLOOR CEMENTED WITH AIACA SUPPORT

16. TRAINING WORKSHOP FOR WEAVERS BEING CONDUCTED BY MR. SADHU IN NOV

18. 25 WEAVERS GIVEN REGULAR WORK

THE OPTIONS FOR SUPPORT

WE NEED ORDERS FOR

TASAR SILK SAREES WITH FOLK PAINTING FROM MYTHOLOGIES LIKE RAMAYAN MAHABHARAT

TASAR SILK STOLES

TASAR SILK BEDSHEETS, CURTAINS, PILLOW COVER ETC

You can give us grant for meeting our operational cost till we break even.