Today I will discuss cottage industry. Industry was once the national heritage of Bangladesh, the national pride. When mills were not built, or heavy machinery was not available, the cottage industry would alleviate many shortcomings in our national life. In ancient times, its cottage industry gained world-renowned status. His Dhaka muslin is lost, the legend of history. Today there is a breakdown in the agricultural life of Bengal, a breakdown in his cottage industry as well. His economic life is broken.
What is cottage industry?
Cottage industry refers to a family-based or family-owned small and capital-intensive factory whose production process is mainly local raw materials and inherited technical skills and simple indigenous technology based products. Cottage industry exists in both rural and urban areas. The state-owned Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation has been established.
Natable cottage industry names....
A survey was conducted in 1981 by the small and cottage industries Corporation of Bangladesh. As a result of this survey, it is seen that according to the international classification system of industry, three lakh 32 cottage industries of Bangladesh are engaged in the production of 160 types of materials divided into eight categories.
First class...
Notable among the cottage industries included in the first class Dairy Food Industry Ice Cream Fruit Processing and Preservation of Tin quata Different types of pulses such as flour mill oil mill bread biscuit making factory, birir factory.
Second class...
Among the cottage industries of the second class was the cotton embroidery, genji,Socks, woolen cloth, jute material rope making, mesh weaving, coating making, design embroidery art, dyeing, bed sheets etc.
Third class....
Third cottage industries included wooden toys, boats, beds, canes, furnishings, etc.
The cottage industry of Bangladesh once amazed the whole world, at that time heaven and happiness prevailed in the villages of Bangladesh.Each village was self-sufficient. Bengal muslin once had a worldwide reputation.These were exported abroad at high prices. The growth of kings and queens was highly valued by the upper class people.
In developed countries, cottage industries have survived with dignity in competition with the machine industry.The traders of those countries are setting up small scale machines and preparing a lot of products and exporting them abroad to meet the needs of their own country.They prepare almost everything they need for themself.
The fate of millions of our poor people is involved with the cottage industry. So if we can bring back the tradition of cottage industry, it is possible to bring a revolutionary change in our economy.