Apparel Industry Management

Apparel Industry Management 3(3+0)

Lesson 47 : National Textile Policy

Preamble

• To comprehend the purpose of textile industry that is to provide one the most basic needs of the people and promote it's sustained growth to improve the quality of life.
• To acknowledge textile industry as a self-reliant industry, from producing raw materials to delivery of finished products; and its major contribution to the economy of the country.
• To understand its immense potentiality for creating employment opportunities in significant sectors like agriculture, industry, organized sector, decentralized sector, urban areas and rural areas, specifically for women and deprived.
• To recognize the Textile Policy of 1985, which boosted the annual growth rate of cloth production by 7.13%, export of textile by 13.32% and per capita availability of fabrics by 3.6%.
• To analyze the issues and problems of textile industry and the guidelines provided by the expert committee set up for this specific purpose
• To give a different specification to the objectives and thrust areas of textile industry
• To produce good quality cloth for fulfilling the demands of the people with reasonable prices and
• To maintain a competitive global market