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HISTORY OF INDIAN TEXTILE INDUSTRY The history of textiles in India dates back to nearly five thousand years to the days of the Harappan civilization. Evidences that India has been trading silk in return for spices from the 2nd century have been found. This shows that textiles are an industry which has existed for centuries in our country. Recently there has been a sizeable increase in the demand for Indian textiles in the market. India is fast emerging as a competitor to China in textile exports. The Government of India has also realized this fact and lowered the customs duty and reduced the restrictions on the imported textile machinery. The intention of the governments move is to enable the Indian producers to compete in the world market with high quality products. The results of the governments move can be visible as Indian companies like Arvind Mills, Mafatlal, Grasim; Reliance Industries have become prominent players in the world. The Indian textile industry is the second largest in the world-second only to China. The other competing countries are Korea and Taiwan. Indian Textile constitutes 35% of the total exports of our country. The history of apparel and textiles in India dates back to the use of mordant dyes and printing blocks around 3000 BC. The foundations of the India's textile trade with other countries started as early as the second century BC. A hoard hoard of block printed and resistdyed fabrics, primarily of Gujarati origin, discovered in the tombs of Fostat, Egypt, are the proof of large scale Indian export of cotton textiles to the Egypt in medieval periods. During the 13th century, Indian silk was used as barter for spices from the western countries. Towards the end of the 17th century, the British East India Company had begun exports of Indian silks and several other cotton fabrics to other economies. These included the famous fine Muslin cloth of Bengal, Orissa and Bihar. Painted and printed cottons or chintz was widely practiced between India, Java, China and the Philippines, long before the arrival of the Europeans. India Textile Industry is one of the largest textile industries in the world. Today, Indian economy is largely dependent on textile manufacturing and exports Reference: http://seminarprojects.com/Thread-textile-industry-full-report#ixzz20KkWjVX8

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During the 13th century, Indian silk was used as barter for spices from the western countries. Towards the end of the 17th century, the British East India Company had begun exports of Indian silks and several other cotton fabrics to other economies. These included the famous

fine Muslin cloth of Bengal, Orissa and Bihar. Painted and printed cottons or chintz was widely practiced between India, Java, China and the Philippines, long before the arrival of the Europeans. India Textile Industry is one of the largest textile industries in the world. Today, Indian economy is largely dependent on textile manufacturing and exports. INDIAN TEXTILE INDUSTRY Textile Industry in India is the second largest employment generator after agriculture. It holds significant status in India as it provides one of the most fundamental necessities of the people. Textile industry was one of the earliest industries to come into existence in India and it accounts for more than 30% of the total exports. In fact Indian textile industry is the second largest in the world, second only to China. The Indian textile industry has a significant presence in the economy as well as in the international textile economy. Its contribution to the Indian economy is manifested in terms of its contribution to the industrial production, employment generation and foreign exchange earnings. It contributes 14 percent of industrial production, 9 percent of excise collections, 18 percent of employment in the industrial sector, nearly 20 percent to the countrys total export earning and 4 percent to the Gross Domestic Product. It is closely linked with the agricultural and rural economy. It is the single largest employer in the industrial sector employing about 35 million people. If the employment in allied sectors like ginning, agriculture, pressing, cotton trade, jute, etc. are added then the total employment is estimated at 93 million. The net foreign exchange earnings in this sector are one of the highest and, together with carpet and handicrafts, account for over 37 percent of total export earnings at over US $ 10 billion. Textiles, alone, account for about 25 percent of Indias total forex earnings. Indias textile industry since its beginning continues to be predominantly cotton based with about 65 percent of fabric consumption in the country being accounted for by cotton. The industry is highly localized in Ahmedabad and Bombay in the western part of the country though other centers exist including Kanpur, Calcutta, Indore, Coimbatore, and Sholapur. The structure of the textile industry is extremely complex with the modern, sophisticated and highly mechanized mill sector on the one hand and the hand spinning and hand weaving (handloom) sector on the other. Between the two falls the small-scale power loom sector. The latter two are together known as the decentralized sector. Over the years, the government has granted a whole range of concessions to the non-mill sector as a result of which the share of the decentralized sector has increased considerably in the total production. Of the two subsectors of the decentralized sector, the power loom sector has shown the faster rate of growth. In the production of fabrics the decentralized sector accounts for roughly 94 percent while the mill sector has a share of only 6 percent. Reference: http://seminarprojects.com/Thread-textile-industry-full-report#ixzz20Kjx5X8J POSITION OF INDIAN TEXTILE INDUSTRY The Indian textile industry contributes about 14 per cent to industrial production, 4 per cent to the country's gross domestic product (GDP) and 17 per cent to the countrys export earnings, according to the Annual Report 2009-10 of the Ministry of Textiles. It provides direct employment to over 35 million workers directly and it accounts for 21% of the total employment generated in the economy and is the second largest provider of employment after agriculture. Some of the textile clusters in which productions happens are very huge and significant for the overall industry, for example Panipat produces 75% of all blankets produced in India Tirupur contributes 80% of the countrys cotton hosiery exports

 Ludhiana makes 95% of total woolen knitwear produced According to the Ministry of Textiles, Export target in textiles in 2010 at USD is 50 billion. the cumulative production of cloth during April09- March10 has increased by 8.3 per cent as compared to the corresponding period of the previous year. Moreover, total textile exports have increased to US$ 18.6 billion during April09- January10, from US$ 17.7 billion during the corresponding period of the previous year, registering an increase of 4.95 per cent in rupee terms. Further, the share of textile exports in total exports has increased to 12.36 per cent during April09-January10, according to the Ministry of Textiles. As per the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) data released by the Central Statistical Organisation (CSO), cotton textiles has registered a growth of 5.5 per cent during April March 2009-10, while wool, silk and man-made fibre textiles have registered a growth of 8.2 per cent while textile products including wearing apparel have registered a growth of 8.5 per cent. The textile sector has increased their investment in projects to upgrade their equipment amid fierce market competition and to meet the growing demand for more textile products. Total investment in the textile industry between 2004 and 2008 was around Rs.65,478 crore in India, which is expected to reach Rs.1,50,600 crore by 2012. This enhanced investment would generate 17.37 million jobs-- 12.02 million direct and 5.35 million indirectby 2012. Reference: http://seminarprojects.com/Thread-textile-industry-full-report#ixzz20Kk7XZBO INDIAS MAJOR COMPETITIORS IN THE WORLD To understand Indias position among other textile producing the industry contributes 9% of GDP and 35% of foreign exchange earning, Indias share in global exports is only 3% compared to Chinas 13.75% percent. In addition to China, other developing countries are emerging as serious competitive threats to India. Looking at export shares, Korea (6%) and Taiwan (5.5%) are ahead of India, while Turkey (2.9%) has already caught up and others likeThailand (2.3%) and Indonesia (2%) are not much further behind. The reason for this development is the fact that India lags behind these countries in investment levels, technology, quality and logistics. If India were competitive in some key segments it could serve as a basis for building a modern industry, but there is no evidence of such signs, except to some extent in the spinning industry. MAJOR MANUFACTURERS AND THEIR MARKET SHARE In 2006, the largest apparel manufacturers and exporters were countries from the Asia-Pacific region which included countries like China, Hong Kong, Phillipines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Srilanka, Pakistan, Thailand and India. The other major apparel manufacturing nations were USA, Italy, Germany and Mexico. INDUSTRY SUPPLY CHAIN The apparel industry supply chain can be broadly categorized into six major components raw materials, textile plants, apparel plants, export chains, retail stores and customers. INDIAS COMPETITIVENESS CONTRIBUTION TO ECONOMY: With 3.9 million handlooms, India is the highest handloom producing country in the World. 30% of the total export income is generated by textile alone, it is second largest Employer industry after agriculture. The textile industry constitutes approximately 14% of country's total industrial production. THE WORLD MARKET SHARE: In spite of the Chinese dominance, India has a fair opportunity to grab a substantial stake in the projected garment market share. According to PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PHDCCI), post-MFA, India's market share in the US is expected to go up to 15 per cent

from the present 4 per cent. In the EU, the market share increase is expected to be 50 per cent from the current 6 per cent to 9 per cent . TABLE SHOWING THE INDIAS COMPETITIVENESS WITH OTHER COUNTRY: There is no denying India is competitive enough and will become even more competitive once its infrastructure issues are sorted out. China has probably already reached its peak and further improvements may not be as dramatic. Reference: http://seminarprojects.com/Thread-textile-industry-full-report#ixzz20KkJmjLg