Technology Is Not An End In Itself: The Case Of Indian Handlooms.

These quotes have been selected from the article “Digital Empowerment and Indian Handlooms: Case-based Policy Recommendations” by Bishakha Majumdar, Sriparna Basu and Shilpi Jain, which provides a policy framework for the digital empowerment of handloom workers and the digital transformation of the handloom trade. It draws upon the Digital Cluster Development Programme (DCDP) of the non-governmental organisation (NGO) Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF) in three handloom clusters in India.

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