Textile Industries in India

The Textile industry in India traditionally, after agriculture, is the only industry that has generated huge employment for both skilled and unskilled labor in textiles. The textile industry continues to be the second largest employment generating sector in India. It offers direct employment to over 35 million in the country. The share of textiles in total exports was 11.04% during April–July 2010, as per the Ministry of Textile.

Production

India is the second largest producer of fibre in the world and the major fibre produced is cotton. Other fibres produced in India include silk, jute, wool, andman-made fibers. 60% of the Indian textile Industry is cotton based.The Textile Industry in India is major important role in producing fiber for strong domestic demand.

The strong domestic demand and the revival of the Economic markets by 2009 has led to huge growth of the Indian textile industry. There has been increase in India's share of global textile trading to seven percent in five years.The rising prices are the major concern of the domestic producers of the country.

Some of the most important textile centers of India are located in the states of West Bengal, Maharastra, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu. Solapur, Pune, Nagpur and Amravati are some major centers for the cotton textile production.

Textile Organisation

The Indian Textile Industry  is mainly dominated by some government, semi government and private institutions.

The major functions of the ministry of Textile

·         Textile Policy & Coordination

·         Man-made Fiber Industry

·         Cotton Textile Industry

·         Jute Industry

·         Silk and sericulture Industry

·         Wool Industry

·         Decentralized Powerloom Sector

·         Export Promotion

·         Planning & Economic Analysis

·         Finance Matters

·         Information Technology(IT)

The advisory boards include

·         All India Handlooms Board

·         All India Handicrafts Board

·         All India Power looms Board

·         Advisory Committee under Handlooms Reservation of Articles for Production

·         Co-ordination Council of Textiles Research Association

·         MM cotton industry

The major export promoting councils

·         Apparel Export Promotion Council, New Delhi

·         Carpet Export Promotion Council, New Delhi

·         Cotton Textiles Export Promotion Council, Mumbai

The major PSU or Public Sector Undertaking

·         National Textile Corporation Ltd. (NTC)

·         British India Corporation Ltd. (BIC)

·         Cotton Corporation of India Ltd. (CCI)

·         Jute Corporation of India Ltd. (JCI)

·         National Jute Manufacturers Corporation (NJMC)

·         Handicrafts and Handlooms Export Corporation (HHEC)

·         National Handloom Development Corporation (NHDC)

·         Export Promotion Council for Handicrafts, New Delhi

·         Handloom Export Promotion Council, Chennai

·         Indian Silk Export Promotion Council, Mumbai

·         Power loom Development & Export Promotion Council, Mumbai

·         Synthetic & Rayon Textiles Export Promotion Council, Mumbai

Other autonomous bodies in this industry

·         Central Wool Development Board, Jodhpur

·         National Institute of Fashion Technology, New Delhi

·         National Centre for Jute Diversification

The textile Research Associations

·         South India Textiles Research Association (SITRA), Coimbatore

·         Ahmedabad Textiles Industry’s Research Association

·         Bombay Textiles Research Association, Mumbai

·         Indian Jute Industries Research association, Kolkata

·         Man-made Textiles Research Association, Surat

·         Synthetic and art silk –Mills Research Association, Mumbai

·         Wool Research Association, Thane

·         Northern India Textiles Research Association, Ghaziabad

Organized Sector

According to Kearney’s ‘Retail Apparel Index’ India ranked as the fourth most promising market for apparel retailers in 2009.

There is large scope of improvement in the textile industry of India as there is a huge increase in personal disposable income among the Indians after the 1991 liberalisation. There is also a large growth of the organised sector in the Indian textile industries.The foreign brands along with the collaboration of the Indian companies established business in India. Some of these are Puma,Armani, Benetton, Esprit, Levi Strauss, Hugo Boss, Liz Claiborne, Crocs etc.

The major Indian Industries include Bombay Dyeing, Fabindia, Grasim Industries, JCT Limited, Lakshmi Machine Works, Lakshmi Mills and Mysore Silk Factory.

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