Vision Leather Industry 2020

2. • Due to available of various fashionable items
in the market the local leather artisans were
facing difficulties. They were unable to make
such items as did not have the knowledge and
skill in making of quality footwear & Leather
Goods & Garments items using modern
machineries and so unable to market their
products.
• It is in this context, PMKVY has came forward
and set up Leather sector skill council for
implementation of quality training in leather
sector.
Shahzeb Alam
Jr. Engnr in Footwear Technology
West Bengal, Kolkata
Mobile: +9198014965956

3. • An emerging market like India needs to
strategies business-friendly policy initiatives
and campaigns. The Indian youth from all
sections of the society dreams of living in a
country that is progressive in all fields, and
developed at par with international standards.
For any nation to make valuable economic
strides on a global scale, its government has to
set definite and realistic goals that are
achievable through systematic planning and
execution.
Shahzeb Alam
Jr. Engnr in Footwear Technology
West Bengal, Kolkata
Mobile: +9198014965956

4. • India is the second largest producer of leather
footwear and garments in the world. It makes
for 10% of the world’s leather production and
close to 80% of the business of this industry
comes from SMEs, which are an important
segment of this sector. Manufacturing is a
core function of the Indian leather industry,
which stands strong at $11 billion (nearly Rs
72,776 crore) and has a significant share in the
overall exports of the country. Indian leather
goods' exports are projected to grow 24% per
annum over the next five years.
Shahzeb Alam
Jr. Engnr in Footwear Technology
West Bengal, Kolkata
Mobile: +9198014965956

5. • Tanning is a basic operation of the leather sector,
however, it faces problems such as increased cost
of production per unit area of finished leather
due to low quality of technology in small
tanneries, no specific dedicated industrial areas
for leather sector in states like Tamil Nadu, which
accounts for about 40% of India's exports and has
about 60% of tanning capacity. Poor capacity
utilisation in most tanneries leading to higher
financial cost and overheads. It is pertinent that
the government is able to solve this logjam
through its insightful campaign.
Shahzeb Alam
Jr. Engnr in Footwear Technology
West Bengal, Kolkata
Mobile: +9198014965956

6. • Most Indian companies work on subcontract basis –
design, component selection and methods of
production are given by the buyers and do not provide
their own fashion collections. This problem particularly
exists for women’s footwear, which comprises 63% of
total footwear market in the world. However, the share
of women’s footwear exports out of India’s total
footwear exports is only 34%. Though companies are
able to make prototypes based on ideas provided by
the buyer, employing in-house skilled designers will
change the game for the leather products portfolio of
the country. Besides designers, there is a major man
power requirement in the manufacturing sector, thus
leaving a lot of scope for employment for India’s 10
million youngsters, who graduate every year.
Shahzeb Alam
Jr. Engnr in Footwear Technology
West Bengal, Kolkata
Mobile: +9198014965956

7. • The leather industry also finds itself listed
among these sectors that are imperative to
spruce up India’s GDP growth. One of the
primary targets set under this initiative is to
enhance the turnover of this industry from the
current $12 billion (nearly Rs 79,392 crore) to
$27 billion (Rs 1.78 lakh crore) by 2020. If this
works, it will provide employment for an
estimated six million people.
Shahzeb Alam
Jr. Engnr in Footwear Technology
West Bengal, Kolkata
Mobile: +9198014965956

8. • Moreover, leather and leather product
manufacturing is a labour intensive industry.
The footwear & Goods & Garments sector
predominantly employs Youths and has the
potential for considerable expansion. If ‘Skill
India' is successfully implemented, it will
empower Youths from economically backward
sections of the society by 2020.
Shahzeb Alam
Jr. Engnr in Footwear Technology
West Bengal, Kolkata
Mobile: +9198014965956

9. • ‘Skill India’ is exactly a ‘magic solution’ but an
encouraging platform for businesses to thrive,
especially in tough economic times. There is
no doubt that if the campaign is implemented
well, it has the potential to bring in a
manufacturing revolution, which the leather
industry needs urgently.
Shahzeb Alam
Jr. Engnr in Footwear Technology
West Bengal, Kolkata
Mobile: +9198014965956

10. • My dream is to Lead Indian Leather Industry
to be the world’s No 1 in manufacturing as
well as export.