Apparel Online India Magazine April 1st Issue 2019 | Page 39

INDUSTRY LIVE
Aseem Singla
General Secretary, GEAR;
and Director, Fashion Images Overseas
unorganised sector rather than a reputed
international brand or chain of retailers.
Mohd. Arif Kagzi
MD, Kagzi Exports
• More or less, every
Indian brand, retailer
or e-commerce
portal is sourcing
from Jaipur.
• Sitapura Industrial
Area is one of the
prominent and
planned areas
of Jaipur where
hundreds of apparel
factories are
operational.
Growth Expectation: 20 per cent
Somewhere Jaipur is still missing on
efficiency and automation front. We are
going very aggressively and trying to cover
each and every area that was untouched
or ignored earlier… Things are under
process and hopefully one will see a lot of
changes in the coming time. The industry
will see positive results of our efforts. One
of our focus areas is a change of mindset
and that too in a positive direction, be
it the owners or staff of the factories. If
we get success in this particular agenda
completely, the day is not far when Jaipur
will be similar to Tirupur or even better
than Tirupur.
Growth Expectation: 20 per cent
So far, most of the exporters of the city
are catering to the organised segment
of the domestic market. To tap the
untapped local market, our association
has been into a tie-up with the local
wholesalers/brokers who have a number
of clients with them. A dedicated trade
show for the domestic market will also
take place soon. Hopefully, it should give
good business.
• Jaipur is the
only apparel
manufacturing hub
of India where no
good technology or
trims sourcing fair
has taken place in
the last five years.
• Pushkar, Bhilwara,
Bagru, Jodhpur,
Pali and Neemrana
are also the major
textile/apparel
production hubs of
Rajasthan besides
Jaipur.
Niranjan Panjwani
President, Leela Niryat
Lalit Arora
Vijay Singh Sengar,
Jimmy Mode International
Director, Shilpayan Decor
Growth Expectation: 15 to 20 per cent
Growth Expectation: 20 per cent
Overall growth can be much more but
Jaipur needs proper teams for that.
Overall export of the city has reduced
but manufacturing has grown and it is
for the domestic market mainly. Our hub
should have a proper balance between
export and domestic. There is no gain if
a proper compliance factory caters to the
Talking about our hub, the kind of wage
or salaries we are paying and getting
output in lieu of that is so less. Compared
to Delhi-NCR (the nearest apparel
manufacturing hub), Jaipur is 30 per
cent less than them in terms of efficiency.
While south India too is quite ahead
with better quality. If overall workforce
improve thier efficiency, our cost will go
down automatically.
Growth Expectation: 20 per cent
Despite all efforts and changing conditions,
mid-level and top-level expert professionals
are still not available in the city. Due to
their scarcity, several other issues arise.
The city’s exporters are still not focusing
enough on upgradation. Due to all these
things, we don’t have top-level global buyers
and Jaipur’s export has not grown as
per potential.
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