For the weaver it has two advantages:
(i) They do not have to spend money for purchasing yarn and know what and how much cloth they have to make
(ii) They do not face the problem of selling the finished cloth. Disadvantages for the weaver:
(i) They are dependent on the merchant for raw material as well as market.
(ii) They get low wages. They do not know from whom they are making the cloth
(iii) They do not the market price of the cloth.

(i) The Tamil Nadu government runs a Free School Uniform programme in the state.
(ii) The government procures the cloth for this programme from the powerloom weaver's cooperatives
(iii) Similarly, the government buys cloth from the handloom weaver's cooperatives and sells it through stores known as Co-optex.

(i) Weaver's cooperatives are one way to reduce the dependence on the merchant and to earn a higher income for the weavers.
(ii) In a weaver's cooperative, the weavers form a group and take up certain activities collectively.
(iii) They get yarn from the yarn dealer and distribute it among the weavers. The cooperative also does the marketing. In this way, the role of the merchant is reduced, and weavers get a fair price on the cloth.

(i) Erode's bi-weekly cloth market in Tamil Nadu is one of the largest cloth markets in the world.
(ii) A large variety of cloth is sold in this market. Cloth that is made by weavers in the villages around is also brought here for sale.
(iii) Other traders from many South Indian towns also come and purchase cloth in this market.

Weaver's cooperative - A cooperative in which people with common interest come together and work for their mutual benefit. In this, weavers take up certain activities collectively.  

The Impex garment factory employs 70 workers. Most of them are women, employed as helpers for buttoning, thread cutting, ironing and packaging.
The workers are employed on temporary basis and their wages are fixed according to their skills. Tailor is the highest paid worker.

Swapna grows cotton on her small piece of land. The bolls of cotton are ripe and some have already burst. The bolls which carry the cotton in them do not burst open all at once. Their bursting time is different and this makes cotton harvesting a several days' task. 

Two advantages are
(i) The weavers do not have to spend their money on purchase of yarn.
(ii) The problem of selling the finished goods (i.e.) cloth is taken care of by the trader.

Erode's bi-weekly cloth market situated in Tamil Nadu is one of the largest cloth markets in the world.
Large variety of cloth is available in this market. Cloth made by weavers of villages are also brought here for sale merchants and traders from many South Indian towns come to this market to buy cloth.

Swapna sold cotton at a price of 1500 per quintal and didn't argue for a higher price as the trader was a powerful man in the village and the farmers were dependent on him for loans and for money needed for meeting exigencies like illness, school fees, etc.

Swapna is a small farmer and grows cotton on her small piece of land. Cultivation of cotton demands high level of inputs like fertilisers and pesticides for which farmers have to incur heavy expenses. And  this is the reason why small farmers need to borrow money in order to meet these expenses.

The businessperson spends 300 per shirt on advertising because
Advertising helps in building brands.
Advertisements influence the lives of people and convince them to buy the product.
It presents the shirt in such a way that people want to buy them instantly.
Branded shirts fetch more profits.

The reasons why businesspersons make huge profit in the market are
The businesspersons advertise their shirts in very attractive manner, which increases its sales.
The consumers are mainly those who belong to high-income goto Up.
The businessperson also tries to meet the latest demands of the customers.

The earnings per shirt of the
Worker in the garment factory is 15 per shirt.
Garment exporter is 100 per shirt.
Foreign businessperson is 600 per shirt.
By looking at the above figures we find that the worker who contributes maximum earns very less whereas exporter and businessmen earns a good amount.