Related Keywords: ancient trade is threatened, Animal and Sheep Husbandry department of J&K, cheap imitation flooding local markets, duplicate items available from Amritsar, initiated incentive schemes, major charms of kashmir, Pashmina shawl, Pashmina shawl industry, Pashmina weavers, woven on handlooms from wool hand-spun
For centuries the Pashmina shawl has been one of the major charms of Kashmir. But with cheap imitations of these Pashmina shawls flooding the local markets, the ancient trade is threatened. So the Animal and Sheep Husbandry department of J&K has initiated some incentive schemes among nomads of Kargil and Ladakh region.