Compare the earnings per shirt of the worker in the garment factory, the garment exporter and the businessperson In the market abroad. What do you find?

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What are the reasons that the a businessperson is able to make a huge profit in the market?

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You have read the chapter on advertising. Why does the businessperson spend 300 per shirt on advertising? Discuss.

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''The small farmers need to borrow money to meet these expenses". Which expenses is being talked about. Discuss.

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''Though Swapna knows that cotton will sell for at least 1800 per quintal, she doesn't argue further". Discuss.

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Discuss about the one of the largest cloth markets in the world discussed in the chapter.

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What are the two advantages weavers have in putting-out-system?

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Why does it take several days to harvest cotton?

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Give an account of the Impex garment factory.

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Read the extract and answer the following question.
Weaver's Cooperative We have seen that the weavers are paid very little by the merchant under the putting out system.

Weaver's cooperatives are one way to reduce the dependence on the merchant and to earn a higher income for the weavers. In a cooperative, people with common interests come together and work for their mutual benefit.
In a weaver's cooperative, the weavers form a group and take up certain activities collectively. They procure yarn from the yarn dealer and distribute it among the weavers. The cooperative also does the marketing. So, the role of the merchant is reduced and weavers get a fair price on the cloth. 
At times, the government helps the cooperatives by buying cloth from them at a reasonable price. For instance, the Tamil Nadu Government runs a Free school uniform program in the state.
The government procures the cloth for this programme from the power loom weaver's cooperatives. Similarly, the government buys cloth from the handloom weaver's cooperatives and sells it through stores known as Co-optex. You might have come across one of these stores in your town.
What do you mean by weaver's cooperative?

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Write down the features of Erode's bi-weekly cloth market.

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What do you mean by weaver's cooperatives? How weavers will get benefits by this?

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How the Tamil Nadu government helps the cooperatives?

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State the advantages and disadvantages of the 'Putting-OUT System.

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Arrange the statements given below in the correct order and then fill in the numbers in the cotton balls accordingly. The first two have already been done for you.

(i) Swapna sells the cotton to the trader
(ii) Customers buy these shirts in a supermarket.
(iii) Trader sell cotton to the Ginning Mill.
(iv) Garment exporters buy the cloth from merchant for making shirts.
(v) Yarn dealers or merchants give the yarn to the weavers.
(vi) The exporter sells shirts to the businessperson from the USA.
(vii) Spinning mill buys the cotton and sells yarn to the yarn dealers.
(viii) Weavers return with the cloth.
(ix) Ginning mill cleans the cotton and makes it into bales.

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