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The textile industry in India, traditionally after agriculture, is the only industry in the country that has generated large-scale employment for both skilled and unskilled labour. The textile industry continues to be the second-largest employment generating sector in India. It offers direct employment to over 35 million people in the country. [1]
[2] [3] Coimbatore is often referred to as the Manchester of South India due to its cotton production and textile industries. [4] [5] As of 2022, Tiruppur exported garments worth $480 billion, contributing to nearly 54% of the all the textile exports from India and the city is known as the knitwear capital due to its cotton knitwear export.
Mega Integrated Textile Region and Apparel(MITRA) was announced in 2021 by Government of India to encourage the Textile Industry. [1] [2] [3] Shortlisted places in the states can set up Mega Integrated Textile Region and Apparel either at brownfield (which has been built on) sites or at greenfield (not earlier been built on) sites. [4] [5]
India is the second largest producer of fibre in the world. Cotton is the most produced fibre in India. Other fibres produced in India include silk, wool, and jute. 60% of the Indian textile Industry is cotton based. Indian clothing industry dates back to Harappan civilisation and is one of the oldest clothing manufacturing industry in the world.
Sugar, foundry and metal casting, leather, precision machining industry, testing equipment manufacturing industry, textiles, automobile parts manufacturing, food & dairy products, sugar manufacturing equipments, foundry components manufacturing, water pumps, boilers and valves manufacturing, hydraulics, heavy tools, hand loom and power loom ...
Coimbatore is called the Manchester of South India due to its extensive textile industry, and IT industry, small and medium scale enterprises. The GDP (gross domestic product) of Coimbatore is around $45 billion (2021). [1] It is second largest city by GDP in Tamil Nadu.
National Jute Manufacturers Corporation Ltd.(NJMC) is a central public sector undertaking under the ownership of the Ministry of Textiles, Government of India. It is headquartered in Kolkata, West Bengal. It was incorporated under the Companies Act, 1956 with an objective to takeover six jute mills, the management of which was earlier taken ...
The textile industry in India traditionally, after agriculture, is the only industry that has generated huge employment for both skilled and unskilled labour 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. [25]