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Question
What are the following people doing at the Erode cloth market-merchants, weavers, exporters?
Solution
On the market days at the Erode cloth market, the weavers bring clothes that have been made on order from the merchants. The merchants supply clothes on order to garment manufacturers and exporters, who supply the clothes throughout the country and other countries.
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RELATED QUESTIONS
Very Short Type Question:
What is putting-out arrangement?
Long Type Question:
Who are involved in putting-out system? How is this system advantageous and disadvantageous for the weavers?
In what ways are weavers dependent on cloth merchants?
If the weavers were to buy yarn on their own and sell cloth, they would probably earn three times more. Do you think this is possible? How? Discuss.
Do you find similar ‘putting-out’ arrangements in making papads, masalas, and beedis? Find out about this in your area and discuss it in class.
