In an effort to increase yield and improve on quality, the Indian salt industry has undertaken a modernization exercise. Salt farms are proposed by the Indian Salt Manufacturers’ Association (ISMA) in states like Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka.

The salt farms would demonstrate to salt workers the methods of producing quality salt with higher yields. ...

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Pochampally made up of cluster of 80 villages within 25 km radius in Andra Pradesh’s Nalgonda district has been home to 10,000 weavers till last two years. But this cluster has seen a sharp fall in no. of weavers due to rise in cost of raw materials and declining weavers’ wages. Such is the decline that it ...

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The Indian leather industry is expected to experience a 20 percent fall in export orders due to the global slowdown and European non-trade barriers. In Tamil Nadu alone an estimated over 250,000 workers may lose their jobs, according to Zackria Sait, Chairman of the India Finished Leather Manufacturers and Exporters Association speaking at the 43rd Leather Research Industry ...

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Tamil Nadu has announced additional incentives on industrial investments made in distressed regions in southern districts. Previous incentive packages have attracted 29 new industries to the state, generating around Rs 37,595 crore in investments and employing over two lakh people. Tamil Nadu will also launch the Chief Minister’s Insurance Scheme this year. ...

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