The world famous carpet industry of Bhadoi and Mirzapur, facing global recession and the protest against child labour, are on the verge of closure with the Uttar Pradesh government making mandatory to provide Provident Fund(PF) benefits to all the labourers engaged in the industry.
More than two dozen small carpet units in the state have already closed down on the directive of the state government while others are also heading for the same.
Carpet Export Promotion Council(CEPC) president Sidhnath Singh said here today the order of the state government to give PF benefits to the labourers was unrealistic. ''How can a company provide PF benefits to all the members of a family, who work as a group to weave the carpet,'' he added.
''Owing to this new directive more than two dozen carpet units have been closed down after they were served show cause notices by the state government,'' he said.
Though these units have moved the court against the government's directive but it would take time for the judiciary to give its ruling which forced these units to shut down.
One of the closed down carpet units' owner Srikanth Pandey said they would prefer to shut down their industries rather than run them on losses.
The owners of the carpet units had already demanded soft loans and other benefits from the Central and the state governments to revive the ailing industry.
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Saigi carpet ''ray of hope'' for dying Bhadoi carpet industry
The growing export of Saigi carpet has not only proved a hit in the Gulf countries, but also revived the recession-affected Bhadoi carpet industry in Uttar Pradesh.
The economic meltdown had adverbely affected the production and export of the carpets to a large extent.
The child labour was another factor that had minimised the export of the carpets from the state to the US and several European countries.
However, the growing popularity of the synthetic Saigi carpet in the Gulf countries have saved the Bhadoi carpet industry from dying.
The Carpet Export Promotion Council (CEPC) had recently organised an exhibition in Gulf countries, where Saigi carpet remained a hit and bagged a good number of orders, CEPC Deputy Regional Director Vijay Sinha said.
These orders were eyed as a ray of hope for the drowning carpet industry of Bhadoi, he added.
So far, the export of the Indian carpets was restricted to the western countries, where in the United states comprised the largest pie of 40 per cent. Canada, France, Germany and Britain were the other countries, where Carpets were exported.
For the past sometime, the export of the carpets suffered due to the global economic slump.
The economic meltdown had adverbely affected the production and export of the carpets to a large extent.
The child labour was another factor that had minimised the export of the carpets from the state to the US and several European countries.
However, the growing popularity of the synthetic Saigi carpet in the Gulf countries have saved the Bhadoi carpet industry from dying.
The Carpet Export Promotion Council (CEPC) had recently organised an exhibition in Gulf countries, where Saigi carpet remained a hit and bagged a good number of orders, CEPC Deputy Regional Director Vijay Sinha said.
These orders were eyed as a ray of hope for the drowning carpet industry of Bhadoi, he added.
So far, the export of the Indian carpets was restricted to the western countries, where in the United states comprised the largest pie of 40 per cent. Canada, France, Germany and Britain were the other countries, where Carpets were exported.
For the past sometime, the export of the carpets suffered due to the global economic slump.
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