Traditional decorative handicraft articles of Haryana: A way to improve economic well- being of rural women

Pages: 247-251
Parul Gill (I.B. (P.G) College, Panipat, Haryana)
Saroj S. Jeet Singh (I.C. College of Home Science, CCSHAU, Hisar, Haryana)

Haryanvi women have always found deep personal pleasure and sense of satisfaction in creating articles of daily use. These articles are now required to be considered as lost treasure and raised as economic activity to make women economically strong. So the present study was conducted to assess the scope of income generation for rural women through traditional decorative textile handicraft articles of Haryana. The existing decorative handicraft articles were explored and three selected articles were modified for contemporary use and were got assessed for acceptability in Indian and foreign market. Two articles were found to have excellent acceptability whereas one found to have very good acceptability.