Unseen Comprehension-73 Alim (Garments Industries )

Garments Industry.

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Over the last fifteen years or so, the garments industries have emerged as the largest sector of earning foreign currency. Hundreds of garments factories have been set up throughout the country in the recent years which have immensely contributed to the economy. The prime reason why garments industries have come out to be the champion in the field of export is certainly, cheap labour. Labour is not as cheap anywhere in the world . And what is noteworthy is that the women constitute the bulk of the working force in these garments factories as they are relatively cheaper than the men. Thew most remarkable characteristic of the garments industries is the revolutionary change it has brought in the life of thousands of poor women across the country. Women whose only alternative of earning was confined to the household work of domestic servant, suddenly found a new way of earning and becoming financially independent. A job at a garments factory may mean long hours and no free meals but this has not prevented thousands of women from work. These women have little or no education to work in these industries. A job at a garments factory gives a woman not only a steady income but also independence and dignity. Be it poverty or circumstances the fact is that the scenario has changed a lot. In the garments industries, one has to work above ten hours a day very often without any weekly holiday, sometimes with a monthly salary of take 700.00. But still most of the women working here are happy of the fact that they can earn their own living and manage their family.