Being the second largest
industry with a major contribution in the GDP of the country, the
textile sector is one of the major employers and contributes to 14%
of the manufacturing value. It has a major raw material and textile
manufacturing base. It is also the largest single industry in India
and among the biggest in the world accounting for about 20% of the
total industrial production. It provides direct employment to around
20 million people.
The textile industry is
one of the oldest industries in India, having a dominant place in the
national economy, and accounts to around of one- third of our gross
export earnings and provides gainful employment to millions of
people. They include cotton and jute growers, artisans and weavers
who are engaged in the organized as well as decentralized and
household sectors spread across the entire country.
Adding a jewel to this
crown of high production sector is the new thematic block printing
park set up at Jaipur. This is sure to create a benchmark in the
textile industry as a common effluent treatment plant (CEPT). The
park is said to achieve zero discharge, and recycle and reuse around
90% of waste water. This plant with a capacity of 5 lack Litre has
been backed and funded by the European Union with the vision of
promoting sustainable development for the sector.
The Jaipur Integrated
Texcarft (JITPPL) which has been set up under the SITP scheme that
draws 40% subsidies from the Centre. The craft had been struggling
after the court’s order to put an end to the industry's contagious
effects on water and its depletion. The Switch Asia program of the
European Commission has provided a sigh of relief with a grant of 15%
of the investment to the units that are operating in the area.
The Switch Asia Program
is already associated with 16 craft clusters and 30 textile parks in
the country. With the second phase of the Go Green Program the
project will employ lusters in Rajasthan like Pali, Churu, Jodhpur
and Bagru.
The main aim of the program would be to develop an
extensive knowledge of the cluster and create linkage of various
policies and provide access to financial resources.
