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Experts said as per WTO norms, India would not be able to give further incentive to the textile sector and the government had increased the import duties to encourage domestic manufacturing.

Export of knitwear and readymade garments from Tamil Nadu fell by 5.6 per cent in 2017 18 owing to various reasons, including demonetisation, GST and global competition.

India’s biggest manufacturer of digital printing technologies, ColorJet India gave live demonstrations on Reactive ink of the FABJET GRAND, a 3.2 metre direct to fabric printer, which is the widest width printer, at Heimtextil, which ran from June 27-29, 2018 at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi.

Union Minister Smriti Irani said the textile sector has attracted up to Rs 27,000 crore investments since the announcement of incentive package last year, and is likely to get more investment from international and domestic markets going forward.