Make in India: to Amend or Not to Amend ‘The Handloom Act of 1985’?

Abstract

When our prime minister is talking about youth and man power of our economy and ‘window of opportunity’ is open to us, how can we neglect the requirement for more jobs and self employment generation in our economy where mass unemployment prevail along with other crucial characteristics? If our human capital is not working then what is the use of talking about young man-power and ‘window of opportunity’ available to us? Handloom sector seems to play a significant role in this context.....