The garment industry across Uttar Pradesh (UP), particularly in Noida and Kanpur, has reported a 40 percent slump in production and a considerable drop in export Just when the garment industry was recovering from the onslaught of two waves of the Covid-19 pandemic, the third wave, triggered by Covid’s new variant Omicron has dealt a fresh blow to this industry.
The garment industry across Uttar Pradesh (UP), particularly in Noida and Kanpur, has reported a 40 percent slump in production and a considerable drop in export. After a successive slowdown of two years, the garment industry was showing signs of recovery from November 2021 onwards when the Covid third wave began from January.
There are over 10,000 textile and garment units across the state with most of them located in the Kanpur and the Noida region. In the Noida region, there are around 3000 textile units and each unit has a minimum workforce of around 100 employees.
Nearly all of them are facing a financial crisis as foreign buyers are reluctant in placing orders. That’s because the buyers are apprehensive whether these textile and garment units will be able to fulfill the order due to the prevailing Covid-19 conditions.
