chapter viii wool & wollen textiles industry - Ministry of Textiles

annual report 2011-12
CHAPTER-II
FUNCTIONS AND ORGANIZATIONAL SET-UP
The Ministry of Textiles is responsible
for policy formulation, planning,
development, export promotion and
trade regulation of the Textiles Industry.
This includes all natural and manmade
cellulosic fibres that go into the making
of textiles, clothing, and handicrafts.
The Ministry maintains an interactive
website: www.ministryoftextiles.nic.in.
The Ministry is headed by a Secretary,
who is assisted in the discharge of duties
by four Joint Secretaries, an Economic
Advisor, the Development Commissioners
for Handlooms and Handicrafts, the
Textiles Commissioner and the Jute
Commissioner.
VISION
To build state of the art production
capacities and achieve a pre-eminent
global standing in manufacture and
export of all types of textiles including
technical textiles, jute, silk, cotton and
wool and develop a vibrant handlooms
and handicrafts sector for sustainable
economic development and promoting
and preserving the age old cultural
heritage in these sectors.
MISSION
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To ensure welfare and proper working
environment and easy access to
health care facilities and insurance
cover to weavers and artisans to
achieve better quality of life.
To promote exports of all types of
textiles and clothing and handicrafts
and increase India’s share of world
exports in these sectors.
OBJECTIVES
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To make available adequate raw
material to all sectors of the Textiles
Industry.
● To augment the production of
fabrics at reasonable prices from
the organised and decentralised
sectors.
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To lay down guidelines for a planned
and harmonious growth of various
sectors with special emphasis on
the development of the handlooms
sector due to its large employment
potential.
To monitor the techno-economic
status of the industry and to provide
the requisite policy framework for
modernization and rehabilitation.
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To promote planned and harmonious
growth of textiles by making available
adequate fibres to all sectors.
To promote technological upgradation
for all types of textiles including
technical textiles, jute, silk, cotton
and wool.
To promote skills of all textile workers,
handloom weavers and handicrafts
artisans, creation of new employment
opportunities and development of
new designs to make these sectors
economically sustainable.
FUNCTIONAL AREAS
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The Textiles Policy & Coordination
Apparel Industry
The Man-made Fibre/Filament Yarn
Industry
The Cotton Textiles Industry
The Jute Industry
The Sericulture and Silk Textiles
Industry
The Wool & Woollen Textiles Industry
The Decentralized Powerlooms Sector
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