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The demand for coarse cloth fluctuated violently.

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The above statement is True.
The weavers employed themselves in the production of cloth through small-scale industries in India. While some weavers were engaged in the production of finer variety, others produced the coarser cloth. The weavers engaged in the production of coarser cloth faced many difficulties. The coarse cloth was used by the poor and so its demand fluctuated violently. During the periods of famines, when the peasants had low incomes, they had nothing to eat or spend on other necessities. In such cases, buying cloth was not on the list of poor. So, the weavers often faced problems in selling their produce. Their fortunes lay on the condition of the poor and how they managed to buy coarse cloth.

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