The common Indian tufting tool is unpowered and costs about ₹100
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- Collection
- Tuft the World research brief: The Non-English Record
- Publisher
- CUTS International; Harvard FXB Center (Siddharth Kara, 2014)
- Themes
- Global diffusion of tufting, Hand-tufting tools & the gun
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Research notes
NOT CONFIRMED. Neither quotation was found. The only CUTS snippet seen lists "a pair of shears" as a basic carpet tool; shears are a finishing tool, so read the PDF before calling the ₹100 "tufting machine" a tufting tool. Two independent non-commercial sources. CUTS International: "a tufting machine, which resembles a pair of large scissors… costs around INR 100" (~US$1.20). Harvard FXB / Kara: "a screwdriver-shaped, hand-operated 'gun'". Citation check (Oct 2026, from search results; pages not opened): source not found. Neither quote ('resembles a pair of large scissors… INR 100'; 'screwdriver-shaped, hand-operated gun') appeared in any snippet. Caution: the only snippet seen from the CUTS document lists 'a pair of shears' as a basic carpet tool. The 'scissors-like tufting machine for INR 100' reading should be checked against the PDF, because shears are a separate finishing tool. Upgrading confidence to 'solid' is not justified until both passages are seen. Source: CUTS case study, Carpet Industry of India; Kara, Tainted Carpets (Harvard FXB, Jan 2014). Found at: https://cuts-citee.org/pdf/Case_Study-Carpet_Industry_of_India_Weaving_Growth_of_Rural_Economy-India.pdf Also: https://www.readkong.com/page/tainted-carpets-slavery-and-child-labor-in-india-s-1179030 · https://fxb.harvard.edu/blog/2014/01/28/tainted-carpets-report/