India has shipped US $ 34.46 billion worth of textiles and apparels in April-January period of FY ’22, as per a written reply given by the Minister of State for Textiles Darshana Jardosh in the Rajya Sabha recently.
The shipment has seen a growth of 49 per cent over the same period in FY ’21. As per the latest figures from National Accounts Statistics, the contribution of textile industry, as percentage of industrial production during 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20, has been 7 per cent.
The Government started a lot of industry-focused schemes recently to further boost this export growth, attract investment, boost employment generation and increase production.
Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme for Textiles and Pradhan Mantri Mega Integrated Textile Region and Apparel Parks (PM-MITRA) Scheme for setting up seven Mega Textiles Parks over a period of 3 years are two of these schemes that are expected to bring positive results in years to come.
According to the reply given by the Minister, direct employment in textiles sector is estimated at 45 million. Government is implementing various policy initiatives and schemes to increase investment/expansion of textile industry including modernisation of weaving and processing sector such as Amended Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme (A-TUFS), National Handloom Development Programme (NHDP), Integrated Processing Development Scheme (IPDS), Scheme for Integrated Textiles Parks (SITP), Samarth–Scheme for Capacity Building in Textiles Sector, etc.
The PLI scheme for textiles will promote production of high value Man Made Fibre (MMF), Garments and Technical Textiles in the country, whereas the PM MITRA scheme aims to develop integrated large scale and modern industrial infrastructure facility for entire value-chain of the textile industry and will enhance the competitiveness of the textiles industry, by helping it to achieve economies of scale and will create huge job opportunities for millions of people.
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