chapter viii wool & wollen textiles industry - Ministry of Textiles

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Table 13.5
1 Study & documentation
6
completed
2 Applications filed 6
3 Consultative Committee of GI
Registry completed
4
Study & documentation of 20 unique
handloom products of Tamil Nadu
sponsored by Co-Optex, Govt. of Tamil
Nadu.
On request of Co-Optex, Govt. of Tamil
Nadu a report on documentation of 20
unique textile products of Tamil Nadu
was successfully completed & the report
submitted to Co-Optex. The study has
created an important data base of these
unique textiles products for future protection
in the present globalization era.
Post-GI Initiatives
In order the convert the GI registration of
unique textiles into tangible benefits for
the producers, the Textiles Committee
has taken up the Post-GI initiatives. The
activities taken up under the initiatives are
as follows:
Facilitating inclusion of producers of the
selected 21 craft indications in the process
of IPR protection through GI Act, 1999
and Capacity Building for containment
of infringement sponsored by the Office
of the Development Commissioner
(Handicraft), Govt. of India:
1. An exhaustive Study &
documentation report of 21 products
was completed.
2. 21 cluster level workshops organised
at selected production centres
of selected craft indications. The
number of stakeholders participated
in the workshop are 3295.
3. 1 State level workshop was organised
at Ahmedabad and more than 400
stakeholders from 5 selected craft
indications of Gujarat participated
and interacted with the experts on
Post –GI initiatives. The workshop
was organized on 1 st April, 2011 at
Ahmedabad.
Other Initiatives:
Impact Assessment of MGNREGA scheme
on Textile Consumption in Rural India:
The study was undertaken by the Textiles
Committee to assess the impact of
MGNREGA scheme on textile purchase in
rural India. The study was conducted with
the help of the data collected from 25,000
MGNREGA beneficiary households
across the country. The study estimated
a 4.38 % increase in textile purchase by
the beneficiary families during 2010-11.
Studies on Export Competitiveness of
Indian T & C products :
As a part of new initiatives the following
studies have been undertaken to assess
the competitiveness of Indian textile &
clothing products in international market.
The market selected for the purpose are
USA & EU. A study for assessing the
impact of India, Sri Lanka FTA is also
organised. The studies organised are:
= Competitiveness of Indian Clothing
Exports in US Market.
= Competitiveness of Indian Textile &
Clothing exports in EU Market.
Registration of logo for the project
Grading and Assessment of Cotton
Ginning and Pressing Factory under the
Trade Mark Act, 1999.
As a new step in providing value based
service to the textile trade & industry,
the Market Research Wing has imitated
the facilitation of trade mark registration.
As a first step in this regard, the market
Research Wing is facilitating the trade
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