The traditional rug weaving area of India is concentrated around the carpet belt near Varanasi. The carpet belt spans an area between Varanasi, Bhadohi, and Mirzapur. The vast majority of rug production in this area takes place using traditional hand knotting skills in small loom sheds, or village homes. Many of the village weavers work seasonally, combining rug weaving with agriculture.

The RugMark inspection team is based in Gopiganj in the heart of the carpet belt. The inspectors, travel by motorcycle so that they can carry out loom inspections in remote villages.

If any children are found working illegally, they are removed and either reunited with their families, or, taken to live at the RugMark rehabilitation centre where they receive an education and vocational training.

However, in recent years, rug production in India has become more industrialised, moving away from the villages to factory based, production in an area north of Delhi called Panipat. This has created a migration of workers from the villages and away from the traditional looms. The factories can vary in size between 60 and 3,000 employees. Smaller rug producing areas include Agra and Chennai.

Carpet weaving is traditionally a man's activity in India. And yet with many men taking other jobs there are often looms left unused in houses. RUGMARK recognises that women spend a higher proportion of earned income on their family than men, which has a large impact on the health and educational status of their children. Therefore RUGMARK runs a Women's Weaving Training Centre for women to give them a marketable skill. RUGMARK also helps women find jobs and markets when their training is complete.

RugMark India believes that children who are given an education can escape the vicious circle of child labour. So, RugMark India runs seven schools in the heart of the traditional rug making district.

RugMark India, over the past eleven years, has also seen the importance of educating adults, primarily because parents saw their children being educated and so they also wanted to learn to read and write. In response to this situation, RugMark started Adult Education Centres for adult weavers near their work place and in the schools. At present, 180 adult weavers are studying in the Adult Education Centres.