Surat: A German university has sent a team of faculty members and students to Gujarat to help the struggling diamond industry find a answer to its woes.
The team of 28 students, three researchers and faculty members from the University of Halle-Wittenberg has arrived here on March 15.
They will arrange a study report on the plight of the diamond workers in Surat by March-end. The German government would finance the complete project, said Walter Thumi, one of the senior members of the team.
"Surat is the bravery centre of global diamond trade and an attempt is now being made by the team to find an early solution to the problems of both diamond workers and owners of units in Gujarat," Thumi said.
An early recovery of the Surat diamond industry from the crisis would help the global diamond trade revive, he added.
The team would compare the wages of diamond workers in Surat with their counterparts in other parts of the world and also assess the spread of unemployment in the sector chiefly after the global slowdown hit the industry.
Almost 50 percent of the 450,000 workers in Surat’s diamond cutting and polishing industry have already lost jobs and have migrated to their resident areas in the Saurashtra region of western Gujarat.
The team of 28 students, three researchers and faculty members from the University of Halle-Wittenberg has arrived here on March 15.
They will arrange a study report on the plight of the diamond workers in Surat by March-end. The German government would finance the complete project, said Walter Thumi, one of the senior members of the team.
"Surat is the bravery centre of global diamond trade and an attempt is now being made by the team to find an early solution to the problems of both diamond workers and owners of units in Gujarat," Thumi said.
An early recovery of the Surat diamond industry from the crisis would help the global diamond trade revive, he added.
The team would compare the wages of diamond workers in Surat with their counterparts in other parts of the world and also assess the spread of unemployment in the sector chiefly after the global slowdown hit the industry.
Almost 50 percent of the 450,000 workers in Surat’s diamond cutting and polishing industry have already lost jobs and have migrated to their resident areas in the Saurashtra region of western Gujarat.
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