The Indian Textiles Industry has an overwhelming presence in the economic life of the country. Apart from providing one of the basic necessities of life, the textiles industry also plays a pivotal role through its contribution to industrial output, employment generation, and the export earnings of the country. Currently, it contributes about 14 percent to industrial production, 4 percent to the GDP, and 13.50 percent to the country's export earnings. It provides direct employment to over 35 million people.
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Seshadri S. Ramkumar
Nonwovens and Advanced Materials Laboratory,
The Institute of Environmental and Human Health
Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas USA
APPLICATIONS OF NANOTECHNOLOGY in textiles & others fields
Indian textile industry should have focused on all major sectors right from fibre to fashion and planned for an organized growth across the supply chain so as to compete with China and even countries such as Pakistan, Vietnam and Thailand. The Indian textile industry has the advantages of high operational efficiencies in spinning and weaving, low-cost skilled labour, availability of raw materials and design capabilities.
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D. Gopalakrishnan
South India Institute of Fashion Technology,
Coimbatore, India
K. Santhoshkumar & U. Divya
Department of Fashion Technology,
PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, India
