01 — Local economy
Business in Kanpur
Tanneries along the Ganga at Jajmau make Kanpur one of India's main leather centres, supplying finished leather, saddlery, harnesses and footwear to domestic and export buyers. Ordnance factories and HAL's transport-aircraft division make defence work significant, and the city also produces fertilisers, detergents, pan masala, plastics and textiles in industrial areas such as Panki and Dada Nagar, while its markets serve central Uttar Pradesh.
Where software helps: Tanneries and leather-goods exporters must follow each lot of hides through soaking, tanning and finishing, record chemical use for effluent compliance, and tie finished leather to specific export orders.