[Jewelry making - Article 00212] - Re: [Orchid] India among lowest cost producers of jewelry

[Umesh]

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My respected Orchidian friends.

    I am from Mumbai, India. I am an Orchidian from India since last more
    than three years now. 

    I am regularly reading most of the mails posted at Orchid, since
    last three years. 

    I have learned a lot from all you guys and thank you very much you
    are all invauable human beings, always trying to help... 

    I will give some facts and figures of the Export Jewellery
    manufacturing units in Mumbai. 

    A typical case of one jewellery manufacturing unit in SEEPZ Mumbai.(
    export processing zone ) 

    Monthly wages (192 hours a month) 

    A 7 year experienced Rubber Mold cutter gets Rupees 7500.00 -
    10000.00 (less than $200) total production workers is 300. 

    Stone setter gets around $100, a trainee stone setter gets $40.00. 

    Stone setting in wax, worker gets around $65, setting aproximately
    500 diamonds or more. 

    A production Manager handeling a work force of 300 gets
    aprroximately $ 500 - $1000.00 or less, some are fortunate to get
    some more. 

    A superviser gets approximately $250.00 

    An experienced CAD designer gets approximately $200 - $300. 

    The cost of diamond jewellery production is approximately 5% of the
    cost of diamonds 

    And In this 5% also the Manufacturer wants to squeez and pay less
    wages to the workers. 

    We In India call these kind of Diamond traders who have set up the
    Jewellery Manufacturing factories to make huge profit to keep for
    themselves, as Bood suckers and thieves and Beggers stealing
    invaluable of life's time, from workers and keeping for themselves,
    as rats do, eat little and gathere 1000 times more. 

    I do not want to critisize any body form India or any other country,
    since as we call in India that, one will find Crows black, in any
    part of the world one goes. 

    The ideal solution to the problem faced by Artist and Craftsmen from
    every country is, In this 21st century Government of every country
    should make the law, that no goods (finished or unfinished Jewellery
    or other products) should be imported or exported, only skills and
    knowledge (science) should be exported and Imported. 

    I am dreaming that one day government of all the countries will come
    together and form only one Government of the Earth, where there will
    be no visas and all the artists and craftsmen of the world can
    travel and work where they wish. Like the Birds, they donot require
    visas to travel from USA to India, or the other way round... 

    Wishing all my Orchidian friends a total health -Physical, Mental,
    Spiritual and Social. Let us strive to be happy under all kinds of
    situations... 

Friend
Umesh


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