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The Indian Texpreneurs Federation (ITF) has appealed the small and medium apparel and home textiles sector to expand by setting up plug and play garment stitching facilities in small towns.

In this interview, Abhay Sidham, CEO, Batliboi Textile Machinery Group, explores the potential of India’s knitwear industry and how his company is supporting the growth of the knitting industry.

Despite being the second-largest textile manufacturer in the world, India faces many challenges and competition, which can be resolved with central government incentives, structural reforms and lower import duty.

Textile industry plays a very important role in spinning the economy’s growth wheels by being the second largest employment generator (after agriculture) and accounting for seven per cent of industrial output in value terms, 12 per cent of the country’s export earnings and two per cent of India’s GDP.