•  Indian Textile Industry contributes about 11 percent to industrial production, 14 per cent to the manufacturing sector, 4 percent to the GDP and 12 per cent to the country's total export earnings. It provides direct employment to over 35 million people, the second largest provider of employment after agriculture. Besides, another 54.85 million people are engaged in its allied activities....more details......

• The fundamental strength of this industry flows from its strong production base of wide range of fibres / yarns from natural fibres like cotton, jute, silk and wool to synthetic /man-made fibres like polyester, viscose, nylon and acrylic. We can just track the strong multi-fibre strong base by highlighting the following important positions reckon by this industry across globe  are : 

1. Cotton – Second largest cotton and cellulosic fibres producing country in the world.
2. Silk – India is the second largest producer of silk and contributes about 18% to the total world raw silk production.
3. Wool –India has 3rd largest sheep population in the world, having 6.15 crores sheep, producing 45 million kg of raw wool, and accounting for 3.1% of total world wool production. India ranks 6th amongst clean wool producer countries and 9th amongst greasy wool producers.
4.  Man-Made Fibres- the fourth largest in synthetic fibres/yarns globally.
5.  Jute – India is the largest producer and second largest exporter of the jute goods.  

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