Sehar Carpets
Kashmir hand-knotted carpet has niche market in the world but the returns don’t percolate to the weavers, who with such dexterity and passion create carpets as classic symbols of aesthetics. The poor socio-economic status of weavers, lack of working capital and access to market have forced weavers to live in a vicious cycle of poverty and pessimism. Many carpet weavers are forced to abandon the craft and move towards other avenues of income. Thus, Sehar Carpet Producers Company Ltd. is an initiative to aggregate the carpet weavers to resurrect the declining home based carpet industry by promoting and supporting carpet weavers to enhance productivity and realize higher returns on their product through fair trade and collective action.
The company was established in year 2020 is owned by carpet weavers and has right now 317 carpet weavers as its shareholders from Bandipora and Baramulla, J&K. The company is registered as Producers Company under Companies Act, 2013 by Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India. This Company is being supported by National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) under its Off-Farm Development Programme with assistance to Indo Global Social Service Society (IGSSS) for formation and nurturing of this Producers Company.