Prepare a report file on wool production in India
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“WOOL AND WOOLLEN TEXTILES SECTOR”
1. INTRODUCTION -
In India Woollen textiles and clothing industry is relatively small compared to the
cotton and man made fibre based textiles and clothing industry. However, the woollen
sector plays an important role in linking the rural economy with the manufacturing
industry, represented by small, medium and large scale units. The product portfolio is
equally divergent from textile intermediaries to finished textiles, garments, knitwears,
blankets, carpets and an incipient presence in technical textiles. Wool industry is a rural
based export oriented industry and caters to civil and defence requirements for warmer
clothing.
India has the 3rd largest sheep population country in the world having 65.07
million sheep producing 43.50 million kg of raw wool in 2017-18. Out of this about 85%
is carpet grade wool, 5% apparel grade and remaining 10% coarse grade wool for
making rough Kambals etc. Average annual yield per sheep in India is 0.9 Kg. against
the world average of 2.4 Kg. A small quantity of specialty fibre is obtained from
Pashmina goats and Angora rabbits. The domestic produce of wool is not adequate,
therefore, the industry is dependent on imported raw material and wool is the only
natural fibre in which the country is deficient.
The woollen industry in the country is of the size of Rs. 11484.82 Crores and
broadly divided & scattered between the organized and decentralized sectors. The
organized sector consists of: Composite mills, Combing units, Worsted and Non
Worsted spinning units, Kintwears and Woven Garments units and Machine Made
Carpets manufacturing units. The Decentralize Sector includes Hosiery and knitting,
Power-looms, Hand knotted carpets, Druggets, Namadahs and Independent dyeing,
Process houses and Woollen Handloom Sector.
There are several woollen units in the country, majority of which are in the small
scale sector. The industry has the potential to generate employment in far-flung and
diverse regions and at present provides employment in the organised wool sector to
about 12 lakh persons, with an additional 20 lakh persons associated in the sheep
rearing and farming sector. Further, there are 3.2 lakh weavers in the carpet sector.
1.1 WOOL & WOOLLEN INDUSTRY COMPRISES ORGANIZED AND
DECENTRALIZED SECTORS:
(i) ORGANIZED SECTOR
a) Composite Mills
b) Combing Units
c) Worsted and Non-Worsted Spinning Units
d) Knitwear and Woven Garments Units
e) Machine-made Carpet Manufacturing Units.
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