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Traditional Textile Industry Essay

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CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION
Preamble
The research work reported in this thesis was undertaken in the department of Home Science, The Gandhigram Rural Institute – Deemed University focusing on the digitization of traditional Indian textile designs. The research focus is on analysis of the effects on digitization of selective traditional Indian textiles identified as the most important under the revival of textile heritages and crafts.

1.1 Background Of Textile Industry In India

The textile industry has a devastating presence in the economic life of India. Apart from providing the basic essentials of life, the textile industry plays a pivotal role through its vast contribution to industrial production. It generates employment to both skilled and …show more content…

The decentralized power loom / hosiery and knitting sector form the largest section of textile sector. The close connection of the manufacturing to agriculture and ancient culture, and society of the country make the Indian textile sector exceptional in assessment with the textile industries of other nations.
The major sub-sectors that are included in the textiles sector are the structured cotton / man-made fibre textiles mill industry, the man-made fibre / filament yarn industry, the wool and woolen textile industry, the sericulture and silk textile industry, handlooms, handicrafts, the jute and jute textile industry and textile exports.
India has a rich tradition in weaving, dyeing, printing, embroidery and craftsmanship sustained by strong domestic market. Promotion of Indian silk needs to be taken up to create a mental picture of the distinctiveness and console of Indian silk and the state of mind that the Indian silk has no real alternate and it is benefited from the status of exclusiveness and richness in Indian traditional …show more content…

The growth and development of cotton and cotton industry has a vital bearing on the development of the Indian economy. The use of cotton is more than 400 lakh bales (170 kg each) per annum. To support the cotton industry, Government of India declared Minimum Support Price (MSP) for two basic staples groups; the medium long staple cotton and the long staple cotton. Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) under the Textile Ministry is one of the chosen organizations of Government of India for undertaking MSP processes in the occasion of existing Kapas price stirring the MSP point, as per the authorization, in quantity offered to it by the cotton farmers to the

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