The footwear industry of Agra, comprising largely cottage units, is feeling ignored.
The president of the Agra Footwear Cottage Units Federation, Virendra Son, said both the central and the state governments were providing numerous economic and developmental packages for industries in the country, including the leather industry, but the cottage footwear units, consisting of the bulk of footwear manufactures in Agra, had been left out.
The footwear industry of Agra, which represents 60-70 per cent of the total domestic production of footwear in the country, is largely dependent on family-run cottage footwear units functioning in the narrow streets and alleys of the old city.
These cottage units, which feed the entire local shoe industry, are constantly facing a financial crunch due to a credit-based system of payment.
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