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Watch | What Ails India's Wool Industry?

Yaqut Ali
Dec 20, 2022
With the influx of softer and cheaper wool from China, there are no takers for locally produced wool. A number of issues plague the local wool industry, affecting the livelihoods of lakhs spread across India.

Despite being the world’s seventh largest producer of wool, the demand for Indian local wool, over the years, has been on a steep decline. With the influx of softer and cheaper wool from China, there are no takers for locally produced wool. A number of issues plague the local wool industry, affecting the livelihoods of lakhs spread across India.

The Wire was at Delhi’s Triveni Kala Sangam where a Desi Oon Festival was held from December 17 to December 20. A series of panel discussions shed light on the global and Indian wool industry, and the issues afflicting those whose lives are intertwined with the industry in India.

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