Question

describe the significance of textile industry in India with specific reference to Cotton Industry

Answer 1

The significance of textile industry in india with specific reference to the cotton industry are:
1) it generates employment.
2)provides jobs to cotton ball pluckers.
3) the handspun khadi helps to generate and develop the cottage industries in india.
4)it contributes 4% towards the GDP of the nation.
5) it has huge demands in many countries like Russia , usa,and many european countries thus brings in the much needed foreign exchange and helps develop the economic status of the country.

Answer 2

Answer:

India's domestic apparel and textile industry contributes to

$5$percent of India's Gross Domestic Product and

$12$

percent of the country's total earnings on export.

Explanation:

India is one of the largest producers and exports of cotton in the world. The main cotton producing states are Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh,Maharashtra, Telangana, Punjab, Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Karnataka.

• Of the total Indian exports of textiles and apparels, cotton yarn and fabrics account for twenty three percent.
• The total cotton products amounted for upto ten billion dollars.
• The total of India's cotton production was of thirty six million bales, each of one hundred and seventy kilograms in the last financial year.
• There are more than two thousand cotton textile mills in India.

Around sixty percent of the Indian textile industry is cotton-based and provides employment in the aspects of weaving, spinning, farming, and many more.