Review paper on challenges faced by Kanpur based leather exporters

India’s leather industry has grown drastically, transforming from a mere raw material supplier to a value-added product exporter. However, in recent time it has gone through various transformation and government policies shift that has affected the growing potential of the industry. Changes such as environmental regulation, demonetization, Goods and service tax (GST), availability of raw material, and recent competition from synthetic leather affect the leather industry in many negative ways. This paper review the current situation of leather industry based in Kanpur based on reports of CLE and other secondary sources. This study helps us review the current situation and conditions that are affecting leather exports and highlights the major challenges faced by leather industry of Kanpur.\

This study utilized a grounded theory approach to develop an explanation of the ways in which recent incidents occurs that have affected the leather exporters to the daily workers of the industry. This paper review the condition that have changed due to the awake of recent environmental and economic sanction taken by government and other social groups.

Keywords: Demonization, Environmental Regulation, Leather exports, GST, beef ban, leather challenges, Kanpur leather industry.