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Wool market
The wool and meat sector in the country is small and widely scattered. This is the sector, where organised sector and decentralised sector run complimentary to each other towards meeting the requirements of all sections of the domestic market as well as export. The sector is very loosely knit and heterogeneous. Taking the due cognizance of these complexities in the wool sector the Government of India has constituted the Central Wool Development Board in the Ministry of Textiles for the overall growth and development of this sector. The State Governments have also set up separate corporation/Federation to encourage the sector.Shepherds generally market wool and animals, through rural agents on the basis of rough estimates of weights. The animals are also sold in village weekly markets, where shepherds are exploited to a great extent.
State Governments through Sheep Corporation, board and federation have also set up sheep co-operative societies, which also purchase wool and animals on weight basis, and shepherds are paid better prices.
Last updated: 26-8-2006
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