notices outside our khatas units for the requirement of workers in last four months workers are literally standing in queues outside the operational units for job around 50000 are without work after note ban and gst its not the tax per se but the compliance issues that are frustrating from grey fabric to finished product a sari or a dress material passes through 15 different stages of jobwork including printing dyeing sizing lacepatting handembroidery embroidery stitch fall pallu packaging etc how can a small trader sitting in 200 square feet shop could maintain the stock details he will have to purchase a computer employ a data entry person get stationery and hire a consultant all this will cost him rs 40000 per month again itc04 requires a trader to submit all the details of jobwork which is practically impossible said former president of federation of surat textile traders association fostta devkishan manghani the clatter of powerlooms going silent is most visible in pandesara gidc which once housed nearly 800 powerloom units ramesh ramoliya a unit owner said i sold my 48 looms for rs 17000 per machine in scrap i will let out the unit on rent later a family of four brothers who operated four different firms in a 300 square feet office in a textile market at ring road had a total turnover of rs 6 crore per annum postgst three younger brothers dissolved their firms lent the capital of rs 15 crore each to the elder brothers firm and have started working as employees there worsthit are women in hand embroidery work who earned around rs 7000 to rs 8000 for pasting diamonds tikkis and other decorative things on saris around three lakh mostly from patidar community in varachha puna mota varachha katargam and sarthana are involved in the work and nearly two lakh are jobless now kaushik patel who runs an embroidery handwork unit from his house in mota varachha has reduced the number of women workforce from 80 to 20 due to lack of orders savita morpara an embroidery worker in puna gam said my mother sister and me earned total rs 20000 per month now it is just rs 8000 we are not getting work regularly tnn published on nov 24 2017 at 0640 pm ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others report join the community of 2m industry professionals subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights analysis download etretail app get realtime updates save your favourite articles scan to download app embroidery handwork unit powerloom traders gst embroidery homenewsindustrygst tears apart textile sector bjp says angst wont hit poll prospects