India | Textile sector loses 100,000 workers to NREGA in 5 years

The country’s biggest man-made fibre industry in the city, which contributes to about 40 per cent of the nation’s man-made fabric demand, is facing an acute shortage of workers.

A huge chunk of skilled workers from states like Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Orissa and Andhra Pradesh employed in the weaving and processing sectors have shifted to their hometowns in the last five years due to National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) and other central government schemes that provide doorstep employment opportunities.

Industry estimates peg the current shortage of workers in the skilled category at over 1 lakh. However, SMEs in the weaving and textile processing sectors warn that the demand-supply gap is widening fast and could assume the proportions of a crisis if left unaddressed…

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Read More @ Textile sector loses 1L workers to NREGA in 5 years – The Times of India.