At present,major problem of the industry is that the weavers do not get adequate wages for their labor. According to a national daily,a senior weaver earns about tk 2,500 to tk 3000 per month. Junior weavers get less than that,around tk 1600. As a result many weavers do not want their children to come to this profession. For many,the garments industry offer a lucrative alternative. A good piece of Jamdani saree needs the labor of one or two months, and the wage paid to the weavers doesn't compensate for their labor. The producers often do not have direct access to saree markets and because of their dependence on the middleman, who often form informal cartels, they are deprived of their shares of profit. Sometimes, the producers fail to recover the cost.
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