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India dreams of capturing 8-9 per cent of the total global trade by 2020, however looking at the present scenario, it may capture a share of only 5-6 per cent by 2020.

On average, an estimated 100 to 150 litres of water is needed to process 1 kg of textile material, with some 28 billion kilos of textiles being dyed annually.

After registering a decline of about 9 per cent in cotton season (CS) 2018-19, India’s cotton production is likely to witness a double-digit growth of about 16 per cent in CS 2019-20 with production at 6.6 billion kg during the year on back of favourable monsoon as well as increased MSP that led to increased cotton crop sowing. For CS20, the acreage under cotton is estimated to have marginally increased by about 1.3 per cent to 12.8 million hectares.

India’s textile sector is under stress with 2019 turning out to be a challenging year. The country’s exports of textile and apparel declined by 4.3 per cent to $22 billion in the first seven months of FY2020 (April-November). While cotton yarn was a major casualty with 37 per cent decline (whereby exports to China alone halved), growth of apparel exports continued to be anemic.

The production of the Textile Engineering Industry (TEI) recorded a decrease of 1 per cent viz. Rs 6,865 crore in 2018-19 as against Rs 6,900 crore achieved during 2017-18.

Today, Bangladesh is the world’s second largest readymade garment exporting country, generating approximately $ 30 billion in export value every year.