Cluster Profile
| 1 | Name Of Cluster | Mysore Agarbatti Cluster |
| 2 | Place | Mysore |
| 3 | District | Mysore |
| 4 | State | Karnataka |
| 5 | No of firms (by type) | 440 |
| 6 | No. of workers | 1641 |
| 7 | Turnover(Rs in Million's) | 400 Million |
| 8 | Associations in cluster | Karnataka Agarbathi Manufacturers Association (KAGMA), Mysore City Agarbathi Manufacturer s Co-operative Society Ltd, Mysore All India Agarbathi Manufactures Association (AIAMA), Bangalore Mysore State Agarbathi Manufactures Co-Operative Society Ltd (MSAMCS), Bangalore Mysore Oodabathi Manufacturers Charitable Trust (MOMCT), Bangalore Federation of Aroma/Agarbathi Manufacturing Enterprise (FAME), Bangalore Haripriya Biotechnology, Mysore |
| 9 | Major products | Raw Bathis, Scented Agarbathis, Flora Bathis, Masala Bathis, Dhoops and Cones. |
| 10 | Specific and relevant technical institutions (R&D, Testing Lab accredited) |
NA |
| 11 | Major markets | Local & National Market |
| 12 | Major problems/prospects | The Agarbathi cluster in Mysore was busy focusing only on production activity all these years. It is true that very little R&D has been implemented in the industry. As a result, it has become a static cluster for all practical purposes. SMEs and small players are engaged in maintaining their market shares and no major steps are being taken to save the 2industry from a downslide. Since the small and the large industries exist together in the cluster, there is a high level of unethical practices prevailing in terms of faking brand-names etc. The labor force is mostly illiterate or with very little education and it is a mainly women employment sector. Absence of technology has made the production base strong and large. |
| 13 | Data source and updated on | DSR by(EDII), Ahmedabad in Year 2001 |