IMPHAL, Sep 12 NNN : Indian bamboo industry is constantly threatened by China as the country exports as much as 260 loads of raw incense sticks to India each day, said South Asia Bamboo Foundation, Guwahati on Thursday.
SABF, Guwahati founder executive director informed this while participating in the opening function of a three-day seminar on “Indigenous Bamboo and Cane Culture in Manipur” at Anthropology Department, Manipur University here.
In his speech, Kamesh said that China exports 260 loads of raw bamboo incense sticks to India on daily basis and this has posed a serious threat to the Indian bamboo industry.
He said in India, bamboo production is still underdeveloped due to stigma and lack of full-time workers and these two factors apart, artisans are undervalued.
China has become a major bamboo furniture producing country in the world today because its artisans are full-time workers and simultaneously it is trying to dominate the world market, he said. He said it is the right hour the Indian Government take steps to tackle this problem especially in NE region that has the 56 percent of bamboo trees grown in the country.
The seminar is being roganised by the Manipur University’s Anthropology Department under the sponsorship of Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya, Bhopal.
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