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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | 7 lakh 'lose' jobs in khadi industry, but production goes up by 32% -Radheshyam Jadhav

7 lakh 'lose' jobs in khadi industry, but production goes up by 32% -Radheshyam Jadhav

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published Published on Mar 11, 2018   modified Modified on Mar 11, 2018
-The Times of India

Are people working in khadi industries leaving their jobs in droves? The official figures seem to suggest so. Data recently provided by the ministry of micro, small and medium enterprises to the Lok Sabha shows that the number of people employed in the khadi sector fell from 11.6 lakh to 4.6 lakh between 2015-16 and 2016-17.

A closer look suggests that at least some of this may be just records getting cleaned up. But how much is due to this factor and how many jobs have been lost to modernisation is not clear.

Interestingly, the years during which the jobs plummeted — 2015-16 to 2016-17 — the production of khadi increased by 31.6% and sales grew 33%. According to the Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC), the employment numbers till 2015-16 did not reflect the true picture because while new job creations were being added, the figures on people leaving the sector were not being updated.

KVIC: New model charkhas too made khadi artisans lose job


The KVIC also accepts that introduction of new model charkhas to replace the traditional single spindle ones could be the cause of some job loss.

“Most spinners were working on single spindle traditional charkhas earlier which are more employment intensive. With the adoption of new model charkhas many old artisans have exited,” states the commission’s annual report. However, neither the ministry nor the commission have spelt out how much of the drop in jobs is due to this factor.

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The Times of India, 11 March, 2018, https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/a-clean-up-that-killed-7-lakh-jobs-in-khadi-sector/articleshow/63252059.cms


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