“Spiritual and Social capitals are the foundation for the success of family-run businesses,” M.V. Subbiah, Chairman, National Skill Development Corporation and former Chairman of Murugappa Group said.

Speaking on the topic “Family Business – Enlarging the Circle of Trust,” at a meeting organised by the Salem Chapter of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), here recently, Mr. Subbiah said that like everything in life there were two sides for every coin.

“The common perception of a family-controlled business was it is outdated, sluggish, beset by nepotism, family feuds and too little money.” But the other side was that family businesses were more profitable than the peers, more professional, more resilient and more apt to survive than their rivals.

He also highlighted the policies and processes that were needed to tackle different stages of the ownership in such business ventures.

He pointed out that the entrepreneur was the inventor, the developer and the promoter. “The man who initiates and recognises technical improvements and who succeeds in getting them introduced is the dynamic actor of capitalism and breaks away from tradition of creating an empire for his family members and capturing a paragraph in history books,” he said.

He mentioned that CII was the best organisation to help grow industry and was useful to enhance knowledge of creativity and innovation.

C. Valliappa, Chairman, Sona Group of Institutions said that there was no CII branch in Salem till recently even though it was one of the Tier-II cities in Tamil Nadu.

He said that the involvement of members was important to improve the development of the city with the help of CII.

Source: The Hindu

Organized jointly with Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Sandhiyur near here recently, the programme was presided over by R.Balakrishna, Scientist-D Regional Sericultural Research Station, Salem.

In his address, he said farmers should follow the latest sericulture technologies to improve the silk worm crops and get good returns.

He advised the farmers to go for organic farming and testing of soil of their mulberry gardens.

Sam Devadass, Deputy Director, Department of Sericulture (HQ), Salem said that farmers should follow the latest technologies to control mulberry pest.

Particularly, he asked the farmers to control papaya mealy bug. He asked the Research Station and KVKs to produce more ‘paracitiod’ to release in the fields for the benefit of famers.

S. Gopalasamy, Regional Deputy Director (I/C), Department of Sericulture, Trichy and G. Chandran, Assistant Director, Department of Sericulture, Namakkal explained the details of subsidy schemes available.

Further, they told the farmers to take up sericulture on top priority for better returns.

S. Manickam, Programme Coordinator, KVK, Salem spoke about coordination with Central Silk Board for the interest of farmers in this region.

He advised the farmers to utilise the facilities available in KVK as already extended facilities for using the video conferencing facilities in transfer of sericulture technology. P. Udayakumar ADA, (Agri), Department of Agriculture, Salem also participated.

In the technical session, C. A. Mahalingam, Professor, Department of Sericulture, TNAU, Coimbatore presented control measures for papaya mealy bug especially the method of release of ‘parasitoid’ in the field.

N. Ravi Scientist-C, S. Rajakumar, Scientist-C and J.Ravikumar Scientist-C, Regional Sericultural Research Station, Salem and Geetha, Assistant Professor, KVK, TNAU, Sandhiyur spoke on sericulture technologies.

The farmers also had interaction with scientists. An exhibition was also organised during the programme in which leading sericulture product companies and representatives of ‘chawkie’ rearing centres participated.

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Those involved in the industry of yarn dyed woven fabrics – Salem’s special industry with a turnover of Rs. 2,000 crore per annum and manufacturers and exporters of value added garments made from yarn dyed fabrics which records Rs. 400 crore turnover, were facing bleak future. Of late the industry had been facing various problems and the lifting of ban on cotton export had aggravated the same, it was pointed out by protestors.

This would lead to starvation of thousands who were engaged in the industry in and around Salem and power and handloom workers in Salem and Namakkal districts.

They insisted that besides banning cotton export, the procurement and distribution of cotton should be made through Cotton Corporation of India.

The Union government apart from modernizing the NTC mills also should take up the same programme to re-open the sick and closed government controlled co-operative spinning mills allocating necessary funds so that the availability of cotton yarn could be made available to all power and handloom units.

They wanted that cotton and cotton yarn should be declared under the Essential Commodities Act.

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Collector J. Chandrakumar inaugurated the first sale of the season.

This year target for the same was Rs. 2.65 crore against the last year’s target of Rs. 2.12 crore, it was pointed out.

Senior Regional Manager R. Balasubramanian and Sales Manager S. Nagarajan spoke on the occasion of the inauguration.

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The representatives of the industry told him about the problems in the wake of the closure of 152 dyeing units in Salem for pollution problems following High Court orders. The move had, in fact, prompted them to go for an integrated park with Common Effluent Plant for which they sought the cooperation of the Minister following which he summoned the coordinated meeting of officials from Public Works Department (PWD), Tamil Nadu Water and Drainage Board and Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board.

The officials told the Minister that PWD’s Irrigation Section had to grant permission to draw water from a near-by river based on which TWAD Board could lay the pipeline and supply 2.50 MLD of water per day to the proposed park. The Minister asked the industry’s representatives to apply through proper channels so that he could later co-ordinate with the officials concerned for getting the clearance. He also told them to abide strictly the pollution norms.

Later, he told the media that the dyers had been told to finalise their plans about the Park before going for other benefits. “Now, they have come forward to adhere to pollution norms. We also can extend help,” he pointed out.

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The rally, organised jointly by the institute and Weavers’ Service centre, passed through important thoroughfares in the city including Ponnammapet main road, Chinnakadai Street, Bazaar Street, First Agraharam, Car Street and Second Agraharam.  Participants carried placards and raised slogans urging the people to extend support for the handloom industry.  The sector provides employment to a large number of people in the country.

The increased support to handloom sector will help improve the quality of life of a large number of poor weavers.
The rally was organised as a part of the Handloom Week Celebrations which began on December 21. Officer in-charge of IIHT Antao Irvin Josico, Deputy Director, Weavers Services Centre Angamuthu and senior officials were present.

Meanwhile, students, faculty members and officials of the institute and weavers service centre had purchased handloom products worth Rs. 37,000 at the Co-optex Thangam Pattu Maligai.

Source: The Hindu