Authors : Kumar Bikash Nath; Dr. Nilanjan Mazumdar

Volume/Issue : Volume 11 - 2026, Issue 4 - April

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DOI : https://doi.org/10.38124/ijisrt/26apr2405

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Abstract : Sualkuchi is traditionally well known for its different types of silk products of world class quality. In fact, around 80 percent of total textile production in Assam comes from the Sualkuchi area. However, the industry being thoroughly unorganized, the most of the textile producers take help or need to be dependent on middlemen to sell their products. This is the reason the producers can not earn more as per their expectation. Moreover, as the textile industry is unorganized, the weavers and artisans are being exploited by the owners in the form of low wages as there is no provision of minimum wages in unorganized sector. Hence, organized retailing of textile products is supposed to bring solution to these challenges. The present study is an attempt to study the current scenario of textile industries in the study area and to explore its prospects. Further, the study will also make an attempt to find out the challenges in making the textile sector organized. The primary data for the purpose of the study will be collected from the unorganized textile manufacturers located in the study area. Moreover, secondary data in the form of research papers, articles, newspapers, journals, theses, reports etc. will also be used for the purpose. The collected data will be processed using various statistical tools like mean, median, mode and other suitable measures depending upon the circumstances as well as the need of the study.

Keywords : Textile Industry, Organized Retailing, Prospects, Challenges, Sualkuchi.

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