Lok Sabha Question No. 3583 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-22
Subject: Competition faced by Indian Textile Industry
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo, Jayanta Kumar Roy

## COMPETITION FACED BY INDIAN TEXTILE INDUSTRY

## 3583. SHRIMATI SANGEETA KUMARI SINGH DEO: DR. JAYANTA KUMAR ROY:

Will the Minister of TEXTILES be pleased to state :

## वस्त्र मंत्री

(a)  whether  the  Indian  textile  industry  is  facing  competition  from  foreign  textile  industry  including neighbouring countries;

(b) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor along with the efforts made/study undertaken by the Government  to  make  it  competitive  with  the  international  textile  industry  including  neighbouring countries;

(c)  the  present  share  of  Indian  textile  industry  in  production  and  exports  in  comparison  to  other developing nations;

(d)  whether  the  Government  has  taken  measures  to  improve  textile  exports  and  competitiveness  of Indian textile industry and if so, the details thereof; and

(e)  the  efforts  made  by  the  Government  to  cut  the  production  cost  of  textile  sector  including  cotton textiles and shortage of workers in textile and clothing industry in the country to make it competitive with the other countries like China?

## उत्तर

## ANSWER वस्त्र राज् य मंत्री ( श्रीमती दर्शना जरदोर् ) THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR TEXTILES

## (SMT. DARSHANA JARDOSH)

(a) & (b): India faces tariff disadvantage in some of the markets such as EU, UK etc. as compared to neighbouring competing nations like Bangladesh, Cambodia, Sri Lanka etc. India has so far signed 13 Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) including recently concluded agreement with UAE and Australia; and 6 Preferential Trade Agreements (PTAs) with various trading partners.

(c): The comparative data  of  textile  sector  production  and  exports  in  India  with  other  developing nations is not available.

(d): In order to boost export of textiles products, Government extended scheme of Rebate of State and  Central  Taxes  and  Levies  (RoSCTL)  on  exports  of  Apparel/Garments  and  Made-ups.  Further, textiles products not covered under the RoSCTL are covered under Remissions of Duties and Taxes on Exported Products (RoDTEP) along with other products. Government also provides financial support to various Export Promotion Councils and Trade Bodies engaged in promotion of textiles and garments exports, for organising and participating in trade fairs, exhibitions, buyer-seller meets etc.

(e): In  order  to  supplement  the  efforts  of  textile  industry  in  creating  jobs  and  also  to  address  the skilled  manpower  needs  of  the  industry,  Ministry  of  Textiles  is  implementing  Samarth-  Scheme  for Capacity Building in Textiles Sector (SCBTS) for the entire value chain of textiles except Spinning and Weaving  in  the  organized  sector.  Ministry  is  implementing  Textile  Cluster  Development  Scheme (TCDS) with a view to create an integrated workspace and linkages-based ecosystem for existing as well as potential textile units to make them operationally and financially viable with a view to bring benefits of critical mass  for customisation of interventions, economies  of  scale in operation, competitiveness  in  manufacturing,  cost  efficient,  better  access  to  technology  and  information,  etc. Further, Government is implementing various schemes to support textile sector viz, Production Linked Incentive  (PLI)  Scheme  for  Textiles,  Pradhan  Mantri  Mega  Integrated  Textile  Region  and  Apparel (PM  MITRA),  Silk  Samagra,  National  Handloom  Development  Programme,  National  Handicraft Development  Programme,  Integrated  Wool  Development  Programme  (IWDP),  National  Technical Textile Mission (NTTM), Scheme for Integrated Textile Parks (SITP) etc.

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