For India, T-shirt is the largest export product to the US, and in the period Jan.-Apr. 2020, the category witnessed export values greater than US $ 300 million despite major disruptions in the trade.

While the Government’s decision of PPE export with limit seems quite right at the moment, it should allow the export of 3-ply and N95 masks.

Under the Ministry of Textiles (MoT), 11 EPCs are individually representing all segments of the textiles and apparel sector. It will be in favour of the industry to consolidate these 11 EPCs into one and have different departments, instead

Right from political will to effective policies, infrastructure and allied facilities, Uttar Pradesh has everything what it takes to make a good apparel manufacturing hub.

Interestingly, apart from sharpening the pencils to improve their skills, professionals also get the option to add new skills and profiles to become good at multi-tasking so that they can have more career options in future.

Bangladesh, Indonesia, Pakistan and a few others have lifted the ban on PPE exports and are receiving huge orders too.

The Indian retail market is a promising future growth segment and no supplier wants to be projected as unsupportive, but liquidity is definitely a concern.

Apart from merchandisers and designers, other more vulnerable jobs are in departments like pattern-making, accounts, documentation, compliance, industrial engineering and logistics, etc.

Stories of mid-level professionals moving from factories to hometowns are no different from those of migrant workers. Apparel Resources spoke to many such professionals, and two of them agreed to share their experiences on the request of no