The situation was played down in March by Aftab Hadi, then Secretary of the Sports Goods Export Promotion Council. So far I have not received any complaints from any international buyer but we are open for any kind of inspection. We have given assurances to the World Federation of Sporting Goods Industries and invited them for inspections and invited journalists that without making contact first they can go and visit our factories. The quantity of footballs exported is too much to employ all the people we need in factories. Women and children do it in their houses whenever they get free time.
British companies have unparalleled power to propose a positive solution.
Together they account for nearly a third of the Indian sports-goods industry's export revenue. Annual Report 1995-96. Sports Goods Export Promotion Council, New Delhi. Annual Report 1995-96. Sports Goods Export Promotion Council, New Delhi.