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Make in India

By- Izna Faridi Prerit Raj Riya Gupta Shambhavi Mohan

What is Make In India

Make In India is a new national program designed to transform India into a global manufacturing hub. It contains a raft of proposals designed to urge companies — local and foreign — to invest in India and make the country a manufacturing powerhouse.

The focus of Make In India programme is on creating jobs and skill enhancement in 25 sectors.

One of which sector is related to us i.e.. Textile and garment industry.

*The Make In India logo is derived from India’s national emblem.*The wheel denotes the peaceful progress and *The prowling lion stands for strength, courage, tenacity and wisdom

Textile industry of India

India’s textiles and clothing industry is one of the mainstays of the national economy.

It is also one of the largest contributing sectors of India’s exports contributing nearly 13.25% of the country’s total exports basket.

The textiles industry is one of the largest employers of labours.

The Textile industry has two broad segments, namely handloom, handicrafts, sericulture, power looms in the unorganized sector and spinning, apparel, garmenting, made ups in the organised sector.

New Government has taken many initiatives for the development of the textiles sector. Some of the initiatives are as follows.

Setting up Integrated Textile ParksExportsDevelopment of Handloom:HandicraftSilk and PashminaNIFT Srinagar

Integrated textile parksThe Scheme of Integrated Textile Parks is one of the

flagship schemes of the Ministry of Textiles. It aims to assist small and medium entrepreneurs in

the textile industry to clusterize investments in textile parks by providing financial support for world class infrastructure in the parks. 

The new government moved swiftly and 13 new textiles parks were approved . While these 13 textile parks will receive a grant to the extent of Rs 520 crores from government for infrastructure development,

They are estimated to bring in private sector investment of about Rs 3240 crores into the sector and generate direct employment for about 35,000 persons over the next three years .

ExportsWith a vision to create an export friendly economy

the government introduced several initiatives –Duty free entitlement to garment exporters for

import of trimmings, embellishments and other specified items increased from 3% to 5%.

This initiative is expected to generate an additional RMG exports estimated at Rs.10,000 Crore.

The government has also proposed to extend 24/7 customs clearance facility at 13 airports and 14 sea ports resulting in faster clearance of import and export cargo.

HandloomSpecific steps have been initiated for revival of

handloom. Focus is on assisting weavers with designs, marketing and improved wages

National Institute of Fashion Technology and leading members of the fashion industry have been roped in for design support to weavers.

In order to provide better marketing reach, the Ministry has launched an E-commerce initiative Flipkart. This will strengthen the existing Primary Weaver Cooperative Society by assisting entrepreneur from the weavers families for taking up production and supply directly to the customers.

Lakme fashion week this year dedicated a day showcasing the vibrancy and magic of Indian weavers and crafts.

Synergy of handloom, handicraft with tourism has been worked out in consultation with Ministry of Tourism Traditional handloom weavers/handicraft artisans villages for development as “Adarsh Gram” as tourists destination.

Development of Tassar handloom products like sarees, dress material exports typical to Bhagalpur in Bihar has been initiated under Handloom Mega Cluster Scheme.

HandicraftPromotion of major crafts of Varanasi namely wood

carving, carpet and durry weaving, meenakari and zardozi and pottery etc. have been taken up by providing assistance to the artisans with better skill, design and supply of toolkits etc. 

This was formally launched by the Textiles Minister on 26.9.2014.

A Skill Development Programme for training 5000 carpet weavers has been taken up through the Carpet Export Promotion Council (CEPC).

An Integrated Design Project of 5 months duration for wooden toys would be organized by National Centre for Design and Product Development (NCDPD).

Silk and PashminaIndia is the 2nd largest producer of Silk in the world

and employs large number of skilled and unskilled tribal women.

During his recent visit to Jammu & Kashmir the Prime minister declared a scheme for the development of nomads.

Provision of Rs. 30 crore for same was made in the 2014-15 Budget, which would be utilized for

Promotion of Pashmina in Leh, ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir

Setting up a dehairing plant in Ladakh to increase productivity

Setting up Solar Powered Community Centers, Sheds for animals and Pucca shelters for nomads.

Recognizing their contribution and efforts the Textiles Minister felicitated 54 women engaged in sericulture.

NIFT SrinagarWith a vision to encourage and train the youth

of Jammu and Kashmir for fashion design and thereby generate employment opportunities the Government has increased its Financial Support for setting up NIFT center from 50% to 90%.

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