INDIAN TEXTILE INDUTRY

The Indian textile industry provides direct employment to an estimated 35 million people and contributes four per cent to gross domestic product (GDP) in 2008–09. The industry is dominated by small players across the value chain – raw materials, spinning, weaving/knitting, processing and garment manufacture. India has availability of a variety of raw materials – cotton, silk, jute and wool and in terms of cost, India has an advantage over comparative countries. India has abundant availability of manpower with skill sets across all activities of the textiles value chain.