what are significance of textile industries?
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The Textile Industry occupies unique position in the Indian economy, because it contributes significantly to industrial production (14 percent), employment generation (35 million persons directly - the second largest after agriculture) and foreign exchange earnings (about 24.6 percent).
2. It contributes 4 percent towards GDP. It is the only industry in the country, which is self-reliant and complete in the value chain i.e., from raw material to the highest value added products.
3. In the early years, the Cotton Textile Industry was concentrated in the cotton growing belt of Maharashtra and Gujarat. Availability of raw cotton, market, transport including accessible port facilities, labour, moist climate, etc. contributed towards its localisation.
4. This industry has close links with agriculture and provides a living to farmers, cotton boll pluckers and workers engaged in ginning, spinning, weaving, dyeing, designing, packaging, tailoring and sewing.
5. The industry by creating demands supports many other industries, such as, chemicals and dyes, mill stores, packaging materials and engineering works.
Textile Industry
Do you know that as you sit at your computer you are surrounded by textiles?
The curtains on the window next to you, the cushion on your desk chair, the carpet on the floor, and even those shoes or slippers on your feet are considered textiles.
Textiles are made from fibers, filaments, threads, and yarn, either natural or synthetic.
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