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The Garment Workers' Daily Grind

The readymade garment sector provides financial stability to women workers, largely migrants, but they often face harsh targets and poor working conditions


Script: Anuradha Nagaraj

Video: Naveen Kumar Manoharan



Karnataka accounts for a substantial portion of India’s garment production, with Bengaluru alone housing over 1,500 garment manufacturing units employing more than 500,000 people, predominantly women. The readymade garment sector provides stability for women workers, largely migrants, offering a monthly wage and social security benefits. At the same time, both local workers from southern Karnataka and inter-state migrants from states like Odisha and Jharkhand face wage theft, harsh production targets, and harassment. A new research report by Cividep India, looks at the impact of the industry on these women workers' work, lives, and homes.  




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