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Dhaka textile firms lack skilled hands

Saturday, May 15th, 2010

PALPA: The cottage industries in Palpa are facing a shortage of workers after the youths from the district have been lured towards foreign employment. This situation has arisen after increasing number of youths from the district started going for foreign employment due to the low wages and irregular pay at home.

The traditional Dhaka textile industries, a hallmark of Palpa district, have been hit hard by shortage of skilled workers.

The Karki Dhaka Udhyog located in the district headquarters Tansen is facing shortage of manpower at present. This Dhaka textile factory needs approximately 60 skilled and semi-skilled workers. There are only 25 workers at present.

Proprietors of Dhaka textile industries in Palpa district say they are facing shortage of skilled human resources as an increasing number of youths started going abroad for work or those already employed at their factories left their jobs to go on foreign employment. Although more than 400

industries, including the Dhaka textile industries, have been registered in Palpa district, not even 50 per cent of them are in operation due to the shortage of skilled workers, an officer at the District Cottage and Small Industries Office said.

News Source is http://www.thehimalayantimes.com

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Textile mills shut across the country in protest

Wednesday, May 12th, 2010

FAISALABAD/KARACHI All the textile mills remained closed throughout the country on Tuesday in the wake of a strike call given by Value-Added Textile Forum against the yarn and cotton crisis and power load shedding.

Value-Added Textile Forum sources told TheNation that complete strike was observed in Faisalabad as well as in the country by the textile sector while some 10,000 textile mills were totally closed in Faisalabad including 400 stitching, 300 dying, 450 printing, 1,000 hosiery and 350 sizing units.

Rallies were organised in all the four districts of Faisalabad division including Jhang, Chiniot, Toba Tek Singh and Faisalabad districts. Protest were also reported from other major cities including Karachi, Gujranwala, Sialkot and Multan.

Most of the rallies were led by the factory owners. Thousands of textile workers took part in the rallies. The protesters carried banners and placards inscribed with slogans: ‘Save the Textile Industry, Save the Country and Clamp Complete ban on export of cotton and yarn’.

The activists also chanted slogans against Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and President Asif Zardari. The workers warned the government of dire consequences, asserting they would not allow anyone to play with the livelihood of the laborers.

Thousands of workers and owners of value-added textile sector took out protest processions from various places and blocked the city roads. The main protest procession was taken out from Khurrianwala Industrial Estate, which was led by Chairman Pakistan Textile Exporters Association Khurram Mukhtar and Vice Chairman Sohail Pasha and other leaders of Value-Added Textile Forum. The rally demanded total ban on export of yarn with a view to saving the industry from collapse and the workers jobs.

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Center withdraws duty drawback, cotton yarn exporters cry foul

Wednesday, May 5th, 2010

Raakhi Jagga
Posted: Wednesday, May 05, 2010 at 0214 hrs

Ludhiana:
Union Textile ministry’s order withdrawing the four to five per cent duty drawback provided to cotton yarn exporters is the second shock for the exporters in the past one month. Last month, duty entitlement passbook (DEPB) worth 7.67 per cent on the total sales was also withdrawn on cotton yarn exports. Ashish Bagrodia, president of Northern India Textile Mills Association (NITMA), said this is an effort to curb exports.

The smaller players — the end users of the cotton yarn have, however, welcomed the move. They had earlier presented their problem before the Union Textile ministry that yarn manufacturers are increasing the prices of cotton yarn in the domestic market in an arbitrary manner.

In the past three months, the prices had increased from Rs 140 per kg to Rs 175 per kg, however, from May 1 Rs 5 per kg was reduced from the cost of yarn. Bagrodia said the government’s decision to withdraw duty drawback for cotton yarn is very unfortunate and unfair. The move is also inequitable as all other export products are eligible for the refund of duties and the sudden withdrawal will have long-term implications for the healthy development of the sector in future, he claimed.

News source is http://www.indianexpress.com/news/

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