Manufacturing Sector

Make in India initiated by Prime Minister Modi to encourage companies to develop, manufacture and assemble products made in India. This basic plan is to create a conducive environment for investments, develop a modern and efficient infrastructure and open up new sectors to foreign capital.

SIPCOT, State Industries Promotion Corporation of Tamilnadu is a Special Economic Zone. It has produced many job opportunities to the young and the talented. Sriperumbdur SIPCOT covers more than 1800 acres. The High tech Industrial Park specializes in the production of electronics products, hardware components and support services. SIPCOT industrial Park, Irungattukattukotai covers more than 1400 acres.SIPCOT industrial park Oragadam is an Industrial growth center, with a total land area of 340 acres. Hyundai, the automaker has made more than 10 lakh cars from this unit. Manali, Ambattur Industrial areas were the oldest hub of industrial companies within the city circle.

Migrants from Northern states of India seek job opportunities as contract labours in housekeeping, securities, loading and unloading and other menial jobs in this area. According to the migrant worker survey, 20.9% of migrant workers inTamilnadu live in Kancheepuram district. Most of them work in manufacturing companies. (State labour department survey 2016).Most of the migrant workers are working for more than 9 hours. The entire workers are casual workers without any written contract. The earning range from 6000 to 10000. They live in shared rooms with more labourers to squeeze with in a small space. There are no toilets in the rented rooms. There is no PF. ESI or any other social securities. There is no day of rest. There are three shifts for the companies. Daily job and earn daily,
if you are sick you are not paid. Panchayat doesn’t clear the garbages and sewage water in their living sites. They buy ration from the tamilian shops or people for 5to 10Rs a kilo.

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