Child labour a prevalent menace in textile markets

Filed Under (Textile News) by admin on 29-04-2010

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Himanshu Bhatt, TNN, Apr 28, 2010, 10.09pm IST

SURAT: Despite tall claims of abolishing child labour by the labour department, the ill practice is still prevalent in the textile industry of Surat.

In a survey of the textile markets around the Ring Road of the city, TOI found a few hundreds of these children, deprived of education and other basic human rights, who are forced to do menial jobs in more than 50,000 shops of 140 textile markets of the city. More than half the children, who work on meagre daily wages of Rs 20 to Rs 50, are forced to work hard for 10 to 14 hours a day in inhuman conditions.

Healthier children are chosen to carry weights up to 100 kg on their backs, with most of them developing hunches by the age of 25. Some are asked to work in go-downs in darkness for 10 hours for a daily wage of Rs 50. Some smaller and little more fortunate ones have to fill up 200 to 300 boxes per day to get a salary of Rs 20 per day.

TOI found the lack of education as the prime cause of their woes. None of the children TOI met was educated and majority of them had arrived in the city couple of months ago. For most, work is a must for two square meals.

Most of them were scared to talk as they feared severe reprisal from their employers. Some just did not understand why it was wrong to work. One questioned, “My parents sent me from Rajasthan to earn for the family. What is wrong in it?”

A look at the figures of Surat city alone shows there are six lakh people, who are classified as poor as they live below poverty line (BPL). About 10 per cent of students opt out after primary education and start earning to assist their family income. In such a scenario, when we add influx of migrants from other states, about 30 per cent who arrive in the city are below 16 years of age.

A simple arithmetic shows that it is no wonder that there are a few thousand children below stipulated age, who are found working in the city.

A labourer in textile market on condition of not being named, said, “We are five persons in the family. We need Rs 5,000 minimum to sustain ourselves in the city. I earn about Rs 3,500, my wife earns Rs 600 by doing household chores. So, I have no option but to make my 11-year-old son work at a tea stall, where he gets Rs 30 per day.”

For contractors, who transport goods to the textile market, it is a matter of cost cutting. Such a contractor said, “For an adult, we have to pay Rs 125 to Rs 150 per day, but for children just Rs 50 to Rs 75 per day is enough. So, we employ them.”

News is printed in http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/surat/

Accessories to design your comfortable house

Filed Under (Home Furnishing Design, Textile) by admin on 05-04-2010

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Bed room accessories: Home furnishing covers every area of the house which includes bedroom and bathroom as well. Not every dealer or manufacturers is able to bring above delightful patterns for textile furnishing with the same relaxation and comfort as desired. Coverings for tables and bed capture the mind just when décor changing is on the cards. However, softness matters a lot in all materials categorized under the range for bed coverings etc. Linens, duvets and quilts need to be cozy and stylish so that they can look attractive at the same time be comfortable and relaxing for users.

In true sense, aesthetic appeal of the room depends on the classy collections used all around. Cotton and bamboo sheets are the common luxurious equipments that are desired for the contemporary look of the house. It provides comfort to the body and mind during the entire period of your sleep, cozy and comfortable. Designer collection of bed room accessories contributes in up-grading the charming ambience of the house.

Kid range: This range of home furnishing is aimed in helping children to access their most favorite designs with equivalent comfort. At Sava finest creation of baby quilts, duvet covers, crib mattresses and skirts can be availed which are easy to be worn and have good amount of durability along side.

Bedroom and kids collections help in decorating the rooms very well and change the look of the house easily by turning them to contemporary from traditional style.

Home accessories brings smart appeal at the abode

Filed Under (Home Furnishing Design, Textile) by admin on 02-04-2010

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How can we define décor of the house? Décor is nothing but everything kept at the areas to give them a remarkable appeal. Whether living area, bedroom any other place of the house, accessories are needed for all of them, for both usage and look.

Home accessories includes each and every material used at the house, everything from a small napkin to be used in the house to the big broad curtains placed on the windows either to give a look to the house or simply to stop the sunshine. Every part of the house is decorated or to be more correct garnished with the designer collection of home furnishing. Basic attributes often expected in these accessories are to be simple, attractive and versatile so as to bring good enough charm to the rooms. Designer fabrics contribute in their best manner. Best ones amongst all are cotton and silk those are most desirable ones for luxurious and comfortable appeal.

Elegant designing well merged with sophistication effortlessly explains about the objective of unit of Sava about their smart offerings well matched with modern society. Bottle covers, terry towels, tie brands; stuffed toys, umbrella covers, and message cushion covers are examples of home accessories needed for designing the house in contemporary style.

Important Considerations for selecting Upholstery Fabric

Filed Under (Home Furnishing Design, Textile) by admin on 05-03-2010

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While choosing upholstery Fabric two things are most importantly considered, one is of course fabric and the other one is the color. These are prominent features along with others as per the need and requirement of the users which are necessarily required to be taken into account. Few of the factors that too fall into the importance criterion are mentioned below:

Durability of the Fabric

Use of the fabric defines this element, as in, you need to consider who will be choosing your cushioned chair or sofa, based on that you fabric should be chosen. For example in case you have pets who too will be using your sofa often then prefer leather or microfiber fabric stuff for the furniture since they have the intensity to withstand any kind of heavy usage.

Durability is required to be considered with prominence in case the sofas is to be place publically which means will be used by many people or not.

In comparison to the printed one, woven patterns have capacity to hold for long and also perform higher amount of thread counts, which refers to the amount of threads that are there in fabric as per sq. inch. Denser the fabric better is its capacity to last longer.

Style of the fabric
The fabric should be stylish enough to approximate the character and style of the piece being covered. For instance, the traditional kind of fabric should be better in looks over the traditional style frame.
Look of few fabrics define them are formals and other look casual but only those should be chosen that go in accordance with the pattern designed for the house so that both have compliance with one another in the required manner.

Pattern’s scale too is required to be considered. It should be well appropriate to the furniture size being covered along with the size of the room. Bold and large pattern might look good in case of big room and a smaller or muted one might be better for limited or small space.

Color of the fabric

Color is another most important feature of the fabric which should be chosen appropriately. Bold colors should be avoided in case of small area of rooms specifically when the sofa is a bit larger in size.
If you have pets and children at home then avoid fabrics with delicate tones of color.
Color temperature should be considered in order to strike kind of mood. Both cool and warm tones of color affect the mood of the person directly, make sure you go with the right choice for right mood.
Make necessary and effective choice while selecting Upholstery Fabric.

India textile, best of all

Filed Under (Textile) by admin on 02-03-2010

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Due to the on-growing demands within the economy and leading measures, announced by the Indian government, apparel and India textile industry is moving ahead with optimism to blossom on an extremely good pace and get even more highlighted during the upcoming years,

Aid is being offered by the government to the India textile and apparel industry under TUFS, Technology Up gradation Fund Scheme. Now this aid defines good amount of help to the industry with the enhancement in the technology and equipments being used for the fabrication processes. It’s expected that this help would prove to be much fruitful for the industry and would let it stand ahead in competition with the others in global market.

India textile stands on the second position in the world where China holds the top position. Although the economic meltdown had an extreme effect on its growth and development, still the pace is now being seen a flourishing one. This is because the adverse effects are getting replaced with better prospects in form of a good rise in the exports of the industry.

Statistics show that India textile contributes up to the amount of 8% to the GDP which accounts for 14% of the total value addition that’s there within the manufacturing sector and more than 30% of the all total earnings coming from the exports of the country. It is also considered to be the biggest employment generating industry providing somewhere around 35million workforce to the nation. The economic situation had adversely affected the economy but government has given a promise to provide approx 10million jobs during the coming 5years time. India textile government is also willing to constitute working group of 41members for introducing national policy for fibre, with a view to help India in getting self sufficient in export requirements and fibre consumption.

India textile has gained good position all around the globe specifically for the quality and durability the products have along with the style and stunning appearance.

Improvement in Textile Technology

Filed Under (Textile) by admin on 05-02-2010

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Have you ever heard that even fabrics can harm your health badly and get negative effects? If not, then you must start taking care and safeguard yourself against danger of chemical formulations. It has been found that mixtures used in the manufacturing processes pose bad effects to the fluids within the person’s body whose wearing that material. Well, this is actually a result of the technological methods used for their fabrication. Since years outdated machines and technologies are being used. In contract to this scenario, the word electronic textile is becoming much more popular. It is actually said to be an important form of the smart textile technology unit.

E textile is one of the most favorable methods to be used in the textile technology and the entire industry for the various processes involved for entire living being. Electronic textiles are used for that textile which has interconnections and electronics. Electronics in them are then woven into fabrics for making them wearable. Use of this textile technology and advancements helps in protective and sensing textiles from small and large computing devices. These textiles are comfortable in use and are adaptive to computational changes. The interconnections and components involved there are quite intrinsic to fabrics and often have less visibility outside. They are not susceptible to get tangled altogether by the surroundings.

Apart from this, ample of advancements are being witnessed in the field of textile technology. The only idea is to save the people from getting affected badly by the unfavorable textile materials. Many people have been witnessed with health diseases because of this reason. Improvement in the textile technology is the call of the society itself according to which the manufactures are bound to work in order to stick back to their position in the market. Else they know they’ll be ruled out. Every manufacturer today should work according to requirements of the society with it compliance with the environmental and social favorability.

Textile manufacturing adds luxury to living

Filed Under (Textile) by admin on 03-02-2010

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Ample of information is available nowadays that assists in changing the décor of the house by simply making use of different styles and material of home furnishing. Interiors decoration processes of the house keeps striking our minds even while searching for them. Apartment or a big bungalow, whatever it might be, right after their purchase its furnishing process gets triggered. Soft furnishing or upholstery furnishing is one of the most comfortable methods of personalizing your abode.

Home furnishing is somehow a financially challenging job. This is because most of the material used for this purpose is developed with costly fabric and involves expensive items too. Situations are changing nowadays with the dynamically changing trends. Without making compromises in the home furnishing styles, today any one can get a luxurious house easily. Moreover, readymade materials are available which saves time and cost both. For example, earlier curtains and cushions were developed only after customers order because people are choosy and wish to get furnishing material as per their house requirements. But today this is not required at all since smart collections of material is available that matches well with the contemporary designs. So the need for getting material on choice has been replaced by the best material available in the market.

In case you are still thinking about what style would make your house look great, then hire an interior designer who has expertise in designing trends and material that would be ideal for your style. Designers generally have clear understanding about the interiors and furnishing materials. Most of them deal with wholesale textile manufacturing so that their clients can get affordable results. Quality is never forsaken if the prices are charged a bit lower. Reason behind these low prices is their internal tie-ups so you don’t have to worry about anything. You’ll get the best quality at reasonable prices from wholesale textile manufacturing.

Wholesale textile manufacturing deals in low cost products that can satisfy all types of customers and make them access quality. Wholesale textile manufacturing actually provides a way to luxurious and smart style of living.