Boost leather sector

With reference to Rs 2,600-cr sops to boost leather jobs” (December 16), finally, there is light at the end of the tunnel for the starving labour-intensive leather sector. The package will help small and medium entrepreneurs to tide over the crisis caused by demonetisation and goods and services tax (GST)-inflated taxes on raw materials used in leather tanning and finishing.

Leather exports from India is sluggish, so a lot more policy measures are needed for a revival. Most leather product exporting units demand finished hides and skins at competitive prices to increase exports. There are two types of tanning — vegetable/wattle