Surat’s weavers battle soaring import bills
时间:2024-06-02 03:36:52 阅读(143)
By Nayan Dave
With prices of premium quality man-made fibre sky-rocketing to Rs 200 per kg in a span of just six months inflating import bills by Rs 8 crore a day, thousands of weaving units in India’s man-made fabric capital, Surat, are facing a working capital crisis
“Prices of premium quality viscose denier yarn were range bound between 350 to 380 per kg six months ago but at present are hovering around 580 to 600 per kg which has increased the requirement of extra working capital for most of the MSME weaving units in Surat,” says Vikas Koradia, owner of a weaving unit in Surat.
“Surat’s textile industry has 25 to 30% dependence on imported filament yarn. Over the past six months, international factors including ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, continuous increase in crude oil prices and recent surge in Covid-19 cases in China have resulted in a sharp rise in prices of different types premium quality polyester, filament and other types of man-made yarns,” says Himanshu Bodawala, vice-president of South Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SGCCI), who also owns a weaving unit in Surat.
Additionally, the recent floods in China which led to water logging in country’s coal mines also hit production of viscose filament yarn on account of power outages, Dharmesh Patel, president of the Surat Viscose Weavers Association said. He went on to add that China’s inability to procure sufficient coal from Australia accentuated electricity problems for the yarn makers there.
”Of the monthly consumption of nearly 7,000 tonnes of viscose filament yarn by Surat based weavers, nearly 50% is being imported, mostly from China,” Patel said. He further added that the sharp depreciation of Indian rupee against the US dollar will add to the import bill of premium quality viscose filament yarn by at least 6-10%.
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In its consultation paper, Sebi has suggested that trustees of mutual funds should focus on market abuse by AMC, its employees and mis-selling by the AMC to increase the asset base.
Also, trustees should be responsible for fairness of fees and expenses charged by the AMC, compare its performance with peers and ensure that AMC’s sponsor is not getting any undue advantage.
In addition to the core areas, the trustees should be responsible for periodically reviewing the steps taken by AMCs for the folios which do not contain all KYC attributes with bank details.
Further, Sebi has suggested that trustees and their resource persons should independently evaluate the extent of compliance by AMC and not merely rely on AMC’s assurances.
To facilitate trustees’ supervision, AMCs should provide them with analytical information.
Presently, the trustees primarily rely on the AMCs for ensuring compliance with the applicable rules.
Under the rules, trustees hold the property of the mutual fund in trust for the benefit of the unitholders. The trustees appoint an AMC to float schemes for the mutual fund and manage the funds mobilised under various schemes, in accordance with the investment objectives.
“In view of the increasing scale and reach of the mutual fund industry, trustees’ role in respect of unitholders’ protection assumes even greater significance,” Sebi said on Friday.
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Over the past decade there has been a five-fold increase in the size of the mutual fund industry. The assets under management (AUM) has surged from Rs 7.93 lakh crore in November 2012 to Rs 39.89 lakh crore in December 2022.
To ensure that trustees devote time and attention to their core responsibilities, Sebi has suggested that for fulfilling other responsibilities, trustees may rely on professional firms such as audit firms, legal firms, merchant bankers for carrying out due diligence on their behalf.
The Sebi also listed some duties trustees can delegate to AMCs. This include ensuring that all systems are in place prior to the launch of any scheme by the AMC, and calculating any income in the mutual fund due to the fund and any income received in the mutual fund for unitholders.
The regulator has proposed to provide a one year time to existing trustees with board of trustee structure to convert into a trustee company, from governance point of view.
Presently, two structures for trustees are permitted — corporate and board of trustees structure. Moreover, there are a few mutual funds which have the board of trustees structure while the trustees of all other mutual funds have adopted the structure of a trustee company.
Considering the enhanced role of trustees over the period of time, Sebi has suggested to increase the minimum number of trustees to adequately perform their functions. Presently, the minimum number of trustees prescribed is four.
Also, it has been proposed that the chairperson of the trustee company should be an independent director.
Sebi has suggested that apart from the meeting of the audit committee of AMCs and trustees (which mostly comprises of independent directors), the board of AMCs and the board of trustees may be mandated to meet at least once a year to discuss the issues concerning the mutual funds.
The regulator proposed that the existing MF Regulations on AMC and its obligations may be amended to include additional clauses with respect to the obligations of the board of AMC.
The proposed amendment may include a clause which casts an obligation on the board of AMC to ensure that all the activities of the asset management company are in accordance with the provisions of these regulations.
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has sought comments from public till February 24 on these proposals.
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