Nepali carpet industry awaits government’s nod for the development of Carpet Village by government formed-special committee, to help restore this once flourishing industry.
The carpet industry is suffering from high manufacturing cost, owing to dearth in workforce, due to which the industry cannot give timely deliveries, said, Kabindra Nath Thakur, President, Nepali Carpet Exporters Association (NCEA).
Thakur also said that, “The carpet industry lacks both new recruitments and training programmes to generate skilled workforce. All that the industry has is raw materials to produce goods.”
Political instability and hostile industrial environment, lack of effective policy and government apathy, have hindered the growth of this once flourishing carpet industry. This has resulted in a reduction of overseas sales of carpets which has further led to a fall in the manufacture of Nepali carpets by 60 percent as compared to figures of last year.
The committee consists of members from NCEA, Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI), State Minister for Industry, Dan Bahadur Chaudhary, Central Carpet Industries Association (CCIA) and also members from the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Labour.
According to Thakur, development of a Carpet Village will help reduce cost of manufacturing. He said, “The village in consideration will include a carpet training centre that will develop new research studies to produce raw materials, which will in turn help manufacture fine quality carpets.”
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