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Problems faced by cottage industries in India.

Answer Text:
Problems Faced By Cottage Industries in India.
1. Difficulty in obtaining raw materials at affordable prices.
2. Shortages of capital as most of the people are poor and have little access to modern banking facilities.
Solution - Artisans could form co-operatives through which they could get raw materials and loans.
3. Competition from other industries making similar products.
4. Difficulties in making the products.
5. Exploitation of the artisans by the middlemen when they sell raw materials to them at high prices.
Solution - Government of India to introduce policy to stop the interference of the middlemen.