Bangladesh races ahead of India in knitwear exports

[sarthak]

I did not bother to reply to yur bs post but as you are getting thanked by other ignorant Indians, so there you go.

This is from CIA facts book.

Labor force:
478.3 million (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 2

Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture: 52%
industry: 14%
services: 34% (2009 est.)

Unemployment rate:
10.8% (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 117
10.7% (2009 est.)


Look at the quality of occupation of your citizen. Is it something you want to show about shining India? Staggering 52% of your people still plough on your land. Out of 34% who are employed in service sector, major portion still sells Pani Puri by the street or sell vegetables in kitchen market or pull rickshaws. So you want to compare that with Knowledge based society of western world, and want to skip industrialization only to brag against Bangladesh? Western society had to go through industrialization only to be promoted to knowlege based society.

Buddy you are liviing in Alice in the Wonderland. Get educated first. In India plenty of free schools that I heard in PDF.

Our GDP per capita is double that of yours , we are growing at 8% per year , so stop bsing , we are doing way better than what a country like bangladesh could ever hope to achieve. Also , its funny that a guy from a country with less than 50% literacy rate is asking me to get educated. Also , read my post before ranting , i never said india should "skip" industrialisation. I said that we should manufacture technical products like electronics and automobiles that bring in some real capital and leave manufacturing of low grade stuff for our neighbour to the east.

 

[pmukherjee]

Well done BD.

 

[harpoon]

Then your friends are making a mistake out of the BD peoples ignorace towards pollution. I am from a place where top brands of the west are manufactured and I know how much harm it brings to the next generation in the name of pollution.
The chemicals that are used to dye the knitewear products such as zips, buttons and fabric cause irrecoverable damage to the the bio diversity of the local water bodies.

If thats the case BD can have the leather industry too as it causes much more pollution than the knitwear industry.

 

[luckyyy]

it's a good news that import of such items from BD has made tranist fee ,
the handicraft knitwear workers in india are on decline..
i would love to have few handicraft knitwear from bangladesh in my cubboard...

 

[TopCat]

Our GDP per capita is double that of yours , we are growing at 8% per year , so stop bsing , we are doing way better than what a country like bangladesh could ever hope to achieve. Also , its funny that a guy from a country with less than 50% literacy rate is asking me to get educated. Also , read my post before ranting , i never said india should "skip" industrialisation. I said that we should manufacture technical products like electronics and automobiles that bring in some real capital and leave manufacturing of low grade stuff for our neighbour to the east.

Well, still on denial.
8% growth is not transforming to real change of complexion of your society. You are still ploughing on land and its 52%. And what technologically advanced industry we are talking bout to employ those 1/2 a billion people? Could you shed some light? You need to look at china. Do you think they are producing less technical stuffs? Yet they are banking on these low tech industries for massive employment. Just get out of "Grapes are Sour" mentality. Try to appreciate and give credits to where it is due.

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it's a good news that import of such items from BD has made tranist fee ,
the handicraft knitwear workers in india are on decline..
i would love to have few handicraft knitwear from bangladesh in my cubboard...

handicraft knitwear?? wat is that?

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If thats the case BD can have the leather industry too as it causes much more pollution than the knitwear industry.

We do have leather industry and yes they are creating 50% of Dhaka's water pollution. They are in the process of relocated to a new leather zone where govt built a centralized effluent treatment plant. Hope, after that pollution from leather industry will come down to zero.

 

[harpoon]

We do have leather industry and yes they are creating 50% of Dhaka's water pollution. They are in the process of relocated to a new leather zone where govt built a centralized effluent treatment plant. Hope, after that pollution from leather industry will come down to zero.

But this surely will increase the production cost.Profit and environment consciousness don't necessarily go hand in hand.

 

[TopCat]

 

[TopCat]

But this surely will increase the production cost.Profit and environment consciousness don't necessarily go hand in hand.

Yes they do. But if you can impose the law evenly then it is not a problem, as the cost can be transfered to consumers. The real problem arises when somebody follows the law and crooks dont. It creates a uneven competition and eventually everybody starts bendig the law.

 

[harpoon]

Yes they do. But if you can impose the law evenly then it is not a problem, as the cost can be transfered to consumers. The real problem arises when somebody follows the law and crooks dont. It creates a uneven competition and eventually everybody starts bendig the law.

And the consumers will move on to another producers who give them a bargain. I

 

[TopCat]

And the consumers will move on to another producers who give them a bargain.

Thats why I said, impose the law evenly.

 

[harpoon]

Thats why I said, impose the law evenly.

I mean they will move on to producers from other countries.If you read the OP it clearly states that around 700 mills closed in Tirupur because they can't comply with the strict environment laws and those who did obviously had to increase their production cost, helping BD to charge ahead of India. So your victory will be shortlived unless you find out a way to sustain this production with minimal impact to your environment.

 

[TopCat]

I mean they will move on to producers from other countries.If you read the OP it clearly states that around 700 mills closed in Tirupur because they can't comply with the strict environment laws and those who did obviously had to increase their production cost, helping BD to charge ahead of India. So your victory will be shortlived unless you find out a way to sustain this production with minimal impact to your environment.

Well I understand what you are saying. You talk to any BD businessman, they will play the same chord that Indian businesses gets electricity for lesses price, more incentives from govt, less restriction on environmental rule etc. All those lame excuses comes only to gain more benifits for their business and thats the right approach.

If you think BD's law regarding environment are more relaxed then you are wrong. Every dyeing industry must have ETP and they are not allowed to discharge any untreated water to open. People are getting fined and in some occasions the whole industries were sealed. But thats not the end of the story, if you come to our industrial belt you will see how massively the polluted the water around. Despite all the rules and laws, crooks always out there to bend them and maximise their profit.

The good news that, ordinary citizen and media are more vocal about the environment now a days and making the businesses to be more cautious when it comes to environment. Also there is a consensus building in process between busienesses and govt that, environment should be taken care of. Now hope for the best.