The Economy of Permanence: A Quest for a Social Order Based on Non-violence (स्थायी अर्थतन्त्र)

Economy of Permanence
5. Training: The required expert staff for hand-made peper producing centres
can be trained at the Provincial Training Centres.
6. Priority should be obtained from the railways for the transport of hand-
made paper and its equipments. Hand-made paper should be exempted from
terminal and octroi duties.
11. Pottery

1. The first requisite of the pottery industry is the analysis of the available clay
   in the province. This should be undertaken by the Government.
2. Clay mixing is an art requiring considerable knowledge of chemistry. Hence
   it should be done in a central place like a Co-operative Society, or a jail,
   and the mixed clay should be distributed to individual potters. Alternatively,
   the existing potters should be taught the art of clay mixing if possible, by
   giving them a set of formulas for particular types of clay.
3. As in the case of other industries, the Co-operative Society can be the
   agency for the distribution of clay as well as the improved potters' wheel on
   hire.
4. The glazing and firing of particular types of pots will have to be done again
   co-operatively. Both the processes of clay mixing and firing and glazing
   should be done on a service basis co-operatively by the potters themselves.
   Pots, which do not require very high temperature firing, and which are
   ordinarily done at present in the villages by groups of potters, can be fired
   better by introducing improved furnaces in place of temporary ones.
   Properly constructed furnaces will reduce the consumption of fuel.
   The big furnaces required for brick-tiles-firing should be co-operatively
   organized. The shape and strength of bricks and tiles should be improved.
5. Facilities should be provided for potters to receive short- term training in all
   processes, such as clay-mixing and improved modelling, firing and glazing,
   at some convenient place.
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