indian agarbatti industry
Indian Agarbatti Industry
In India Agarbatti market is huge.Agarbatti is sold both in rural india as well as metros.Agarbatti market is driven by tradition and religion.More than half of worls's agarbatti supply is exported by india.Indian agarbatti export is touching Rs 220 crore mark.Its a cottage industry.Rural women are employed in all stages of Agarbatti manufacturing like:
- Cutting Bamboo
- Making sticks from bamboo
- Rolling
- Perfuming
- Packaging
Harmful effects of agarbatti manufacturing
Only byproduct of this industry is ash.Its harmful effect can be avoided by providing masks and proper ventillation at agarbatti manufacturing process.So say no to perfume and deodrants and buy only agarbatti.Agarbatti is made of aromatic substances and buying agarbatti by you will create more jobs for rural women of India.
Why Agarbatti manufacturing should remain as cottage industry?
Industry means greed.In order to gain more profit,they compromise on quality.They use coal,groundnut and even washing soda to cut the cost down.So instead of aromatic fragrance,CO2 is produced on burning agarbatti.CO2 is toxic gas and can cause illness.Industry focusses on machines for rapid production resultingin loss of jobs.Agarbatti produced in cottage industry are of better quality.Cottage industry uses aromatic substances for fragrance instead of synthetic fragrance,resulting in better quality.
Where sandal tree is found in India?
Its found in Karnataka.Sandalwoods are never cut.Instead in rainy seasons when soil become loose,sandalwood tree is pulled up.Its done to get roots of sandalwood.Its used in preparartion of oils necessary for agarbattis.
Agarbatti A bamboo based industry
Bamboo provides the base for a broad range of rural and semi-urban cottage industries that provide livelihoods for the rural poor, particularly home-based workers in the unorganized sector. Such industries generate highly marketable products ranging from chopsticks in several South-East Asian countries, to incense sticks in South Asia, especially in India. Bamboo-based post-harvest production and processing operations are a source of remunerative employment to poor women and other disadvantaged members of the rural society. They also lend support to the domestic economy as well as the export sector of developing countries.