India’s textile and garment manufacturing industry represents one of the largest industrial employment and production sectors in the country. Major textile manufacturing belts such as Tirupur, Ludhiana, Surat, Bhilwara, Panipat, and Coimbatore house thousands of spinning mills, weaving units, synthetic fiber plants, and garment export facilities. During daily spinning, weaving,...

The biggest complaint from honest scrap vendors in India is that the traditional market is rigged. In the old-school manual system the best Automobile Industries offcuts or Steel Industry leftover slabs often go to a small group of insiders. These large dealers use political connections and personal friendships with factory managers to fix prices behind closed doors. For an...