The LPG and WTO regime has hit the Small Scale industry very hard and Lock industry of Aligarh has been feeling the brunt of it. Even International Centre for Advancement of Manufacturing Technology (ICAMT) of UNIDO’s effort through National Programme for Development of Indian Lock Industry could not reverse the declining trend of Aligarh Lock industry. According to the District Industries Centre records, there are about 1,100 registered lock-manufacturing units at Aligarh. However, an unofficial survey puts the figure at 12000 including 1,100 registered units. The industry employee around 200,000 people and cater to 70 to 80 per cent of the domestic requirements. The city itself is known as city of locks. The Aligarh artisans developed unique locks known as “Aligarh Trick Locks” and Sparkling Patent Locks”. They manufactured them through traditional methods and followed lever lock technology. In fact the locks were initially brought by Johnson and Company from Great Britain and Germany and sold at Aligarh and later manufactured locks at Aligarh some two hundred years ago. The two artisans Karim Elahi and Nabi Bakhsh in the year 1818 manufactured forged iron hand made locks at Aligarh. Most of the lock industry workers in Aligarh have been working in the sector for generations. In old Aligarh City, every third house will have someone working in the lock industry. Most artisans have no specialised training, and simply learn on the job. Some of the educationally qualified bigger players engaged in manufacturing mechanised Lever and Pin Cylinder type locks are said to be doing better business than the traditional lock makers. What has given them an edge is mechanisation, improved methods, large scale production and marketing. The smaller players and artisans too need to cope with technological changes and employ better methods of production to reduce input cost and supply goods at competitive prices to both domestic and international market to survive in the industry in future.