Lok Sabha Question No. 913 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-07
Subject: Details Regarding Textile Industry
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: FEROZE VARUN GANDHI

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 913 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07/02/2019

'Details Regarding Textile Industry.'

## 913. SHRI FEROZE VARUN GANDHI:

Will the Minister of TEXTILES वस्त्र मंरी be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government collects data on the number of people employed in the textile Industry, State/UT-wise and if so, the details thereof;
- (b)   whether the textile industry will need 17 million additional workforce by 2022;
- (c)   if so, what steps are being taken by the Government for mobilizing, recruiting, training this additional workforce;
- (d)  the steps taken by the Government to diversify textile exports to more countries; and
- (e)  if so, whether some Memorandum of Understanding or deals have been signed with other countries and the details thereof?

## उत्तर ANSWER वस्त्र राज्य मंरी  (श्री अजय टम्टा)

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR TEXTILES

## (SHRI AJAY TAMTA)

- (a) The number of people employed in the textiles Industry, year-wise is given below:

| Year    | Number of persons employed in   | Number of persons employed in   | Number of persons employed in   |
|---------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|         | Textiles                        | Wearing Apparel                 | Total Textile Sector            |
| 2010-11 | 1,450,858                       | 87,2962                         | 23,23,820                       |
| 2011-12 | 14,58,073                       | 9,22,725                        | 23,80,798                       |
| 2012-13 | 14,08,669                       | 9,22,950                        | 23,31,619                       |
| 2013-14 | 14,96,194                       | 9,78,709                        | 24,74,903                       |
| 2014-15 | 15,37,959                       | 9,88,651                        | 25,26,610                       |
| 2015-16 | 15,65,090                       | 10,83,148                       | 26,48,238                       |
| 2016-17 | 15,56,867                       | 11,37,413                       | 26,94,280                       |

(b) As per National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) report on Human Report and Skill requirement in Textile sector, the overall employment in Textile and Clothing (T&C) sector would increase  from  about  33  to  35  million  in  2008  to  about  60  to  62  million.  This  translates  to incremental  requirement  of  25  million  persons  of  which  the  mainstream  T&C  sector  has  the potential to employ 17 million persons incrementally till 2022.

(c) In  order  to  sustain  employment  of  existing  textile  industry  and  for  mobilizing,  recruiting, training workforce, the government has taken various steps/initiatives  across the country through its  various  skill  up-gradation  programmes,  policy  initiatives  and  schemes  such  as  employment linked  training  programmes  under    the  SAMARTH-  'Scheme  for  Capacity  Building'  in  Textile Sector, Integrated Processing Development Scheme (IPDS), Silk  Samagra, Amended Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme (A-TUFS), Scheme for Development of Technical Textiles, Integrated Wool Development Programme (IWDP), Schemes for the Development of the Powerloom Sector, Scheme  for  Integrated  Textile  Parks  (SITP),    North  East  Region  Textiles  Promotion  Scheme (NERTPS), etc. Government is implementing Power Tex India, the scheme has components relating to loom upgradation; infrastructure creation and concessional access to credit. The scheme has been designed to attract investment of Rs. 1000 crores and employment to 10000 persons in power-loom sector.

Further, the Government has approved special package for textile sector with an outlay of Rs. 6000 crore to boost employment generation and exports particularly in Garmenting and Made-ups.

The  Government  also  provides  financial  assistance  for  new  upgraded  looms  and  tool  kits, design  development,  training,  easy  access  to  working  capital  through  customized  Mudra  loan providing  concessional  Credit  for  weavers  and  artisans,  Tex-Venture  Capital  Fund  for  the powerloom weavers and direct marketing support to the weavers and artisans through expos, fair, Buyer seller meet and e-commerce.

39  districts  under  Handlooms,  Handicrafts  and  Powerloom  sector  have  been  identified  for creating synergy for MSMEs in Textile sector and the works done in these districts include Holding of  Camps for Mudra loan, Enrolment of beneficiaries on e-dhaga, Distribution of tool kits to the beneficiaries, Registration/distribution of Pehchaan card/Id card to Artisans/ Weavers.

- (d) & (e) As  part  of  export  and  market  diversification  strategy,  Government  has  identified  12 emerging  markets.  These  markets  include  countries  in  ASEAN  (Vietnam,  Indonesia),  West  Asia and North Africa (WANA- Egypt, Turkey, Saudi Arabia), Oceania (Australia), Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS-Russia), North East Asia (NEA- South Korea), Latin American Countries (LAC- Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Peru). The combined textile and apparel imports of these markets are  valued  at  USD  100  billion  (2017)  however,  India's  share  is  only  4.5%.  Therefore,  there  is potential to diversify India's textile and apparel exports to these markets. Further, the Government has taken various steps to diversify exports to more countries:-
-  Participation in fairs/exhibitions abroad;
-  Organizing buyer-seller meets in India and abroad;
-  Brand image promotion of Indian handicrafts abroad through seminars and publicity;
-  Providing assistance under Market Development Assistance and Market Access Initiative Schemes of Ministry of Commerce.

Eight Memorandum of Understanding have been signed for cooperation in the field of textiles with Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Israel, Uzbekistan, Belarus, Afghanistan, Australia and Japan.

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