Earlier local young women were recruited in these garment and textile industries. But for the last few years, young women aged between 18 and 30 from poor and impoverished families of Odisha, Jharkhand, Bihar, West Bengal and Assam started replacing local workers. According to a study, more than 5 lakh workers from these states are recruited in 1,200 factories in Karnataka. In Odisha, young women from tribal, Dalit and other marginalized communities are mobilized, trained and recruited under government’s Skill India scheme. Besides this, single women through friends and relatives are recruited in these factories.