DELHI - Indian garment manufacturers are seeking permission to follow their counterparts in Bangladesh by reopening factories to avoid economic crisis despite the dangers posed to workers by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
India's Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC) is seeking permission for export-based factories to reopen from 20th April in line with the Indian government's decision to allow partial industrial activities to resume from that date.
AEPC chairman A Sakthivel said such a move would help mitigate economic hardship for workers many of whom have been left destitute.
