The Indian textile industry is one of the largest in the world, accounting for 4% of the global textile and apparel trade.
The industry dates back many centuries and is tremendously diverse, with hand-spun and hand-woven textile industries on one end of the spectrum and capital-intensive modern mills on the other.
With more than 65 million employees in the direct and associated sectors, the Indian textile industry contributes 2.3% to the country’s GDP, 13% to industrial production, and 12% to total export earnings.
