Government Programmes for Developing Entrepreneurship Skills in the Textile Handicrafts

The textile handicraft sector has an ability to produce a number of entrepreneurship irrespective of its potential in the globalization era. The state's textile handicraft industry generates a lot of job, but it currently facing many challenges, related to priorities, government interest, employment, income, production, raw materials, etc. These issues cause the industry to drastically decline and migrate towards urban areas in search of work to earn for family. Nonetheless, despite ongoing government actions, there is a disparity between the available programmes and their recipients. Therefore, a SWOT analysis of the identified programmes was conducted in order to understand this gap. The findings outlined the utilization of the government identified programme and suggest some methods to overcome the gaps so that it is helpful to ensure implementation of programme to its fullest extent. Government officers and beneficiaries should cultivate a better relationship. More information of the program through camps and awareness campaigns should be organized by those in positions of responsibility within the community, including higher education reach out programmes and researches for filling the gap of implementation and regulation. This study is an innovative strategy in overcoming the weakness and fighting the threats of the programmes initiated by the government for developing entrepreneurship skills.