Browsing: Ministry of Textiles

Over the last 10 years, India?s textile and apparel exports have grown at the rate of 11 per cent. After the phasing out of export quotas in 2005 India?s export performance has been below expectations. Vietnam and Bangladesh have shown remarkable success.

The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) has recently urged the Ministry of Textiles and the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) to expedite the formulation of standards in technical textiles for health, safety and environment reasons.