It is a pleasure to present to you the latest edition of Apparel Online India with a live discussion on ‘offshore manufacturing’… While most companies are still undecided on the options being offered by the Government within the country – from Orissa to Andhra Pradesh and now Jharkhand, some Indian investors are of the opinion that setting up a new unit in Bangladesh is not a bad bargain… How far it is viable to run a factory in Bangladesh is the moot question that many are asking… Team AOtalked to some professionals to know the ‘ins’ and ‘outs’ of setting up a factory in Bangladesh. It is sad to read that living in 21st Century and in a metro city like Bangalore, women workers who are the main stay of our garment industry, are denied their basic ‘life essentials’ – the Aadhar cards and the Ration cards – revealed a survey conducted by Centre for Advocacy and Research (CFAR) in various garment factories of the city. The survey further revealed that nutrition, health and education were serious concerns which too have not been improving. Government needs to fasten the ‘slippery’ cotton industry. Though India is cotton surplus, still the industry is found struggling; within the last six financial years, India has traversed from being leading exporter in cotton to being its major importer. Besides the above, our regular columns of Mind Tree, Fashion Trends, H2F, Industry Wire, Resource Centre, Export Statistics, etc. make the issue worth reading.
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