Rugmark India – carpets without illegal child labour

Rugmark India is the founder of the whole Rugmark system. We introduced the regular control and supervision procedure in the early nineties and have been continuously carrying out systematic controls since then. RUGMARK Foundation, India was incorporated in September 1994 under sec. 25 of the Indian Companies Act of 1956, as a private, voluntary, non-profit entity.

Rugmark is today running a children’s home with school and rehabilitation centre which facilitates the integration of children removed from weaving and other forms of child labour into the normal life. In addition, Rugmark has six schools with more than two thousand children. They are getting formal education free of cost, apart from basic vocational training in different trades in the RUGMARK Schools. Children are provided with free uniforms, books, notebooks and stationery. Medical care is provided by a doctor who goes around with a small medical van. This work is extended to many villages by organization of regular health camps with provision of medicines and needed medical devices.

Rugmark India is working very well and has not the slightest intention to reduce its work or to change it. There are some persons/entities that are trying to hijack Rugmark and have been campaigning to give the impression to manufacturers, exporters and buyers that we are voluntarily handing over our system to them. This was and is absolutely baseless.

RUGMARK INDIA is NOT FINANCED BY DONATIONS, but by the support of its stakeholders. It is independent. The Rugmark labels are issued only by Rugmark India and there is no substitute of Rugmark label.