chapter viii wool & wollen textiles industry - Ministry of Textiles

annual report 2011-12
PROCESSING SECTOR
The textile-processing segment of the
Indian textile industry is highly fragmented
and can be broadly divided into four
segments:
(i)
Hand processing units.
(ii) Hand processing units with certain
exempted power processes.
(iii) Independent power processing
units.
(iv) Processing facilities attached to
composite or semi-composite mills.
Government has identified processing as
a critical segment. The National Textile
Policy envisages:
●
Setting up of modern processing units,
which would meet the international
quality and environmental norms.
● Expansion of the network of CAD /
CAM, computerized color matching
and testing facilities, particularly in
the clusters of the decentralized
textile centers.
● Extending necessary support to
individual units in achieving ISO
9000 (quality) and ISO - 14000
(environment) standards
●
Giving a thrust to development of
eco-friendly dyes, including natural
and vegetable dyes and on energy
conservation.
Globally the environmental issues are
increasingly dominating the textile
processing industry. In view of this, and
as per mandate of National Textile Policy,
the important steps taken by Government
to boost the high-tech investment in
processing sector include:
(i) Technology Upgradation Fund
Scheme launched by Government
of India on 01.04.1999, envisages
boosting investment in high-tech
processing units, by providing 5%
interest reimbursement on TUF loans.
The scheme has been extended for
11 th five year plan.
(ii) In order to take care of quality
requirements and facilitate ecofriendly
production of processed
fabric, eco-testing and quality
testing facilities have been created
throughout the country, so that the
testing facilities are available within
the reach of majority of manufacturers/
exporters of textiles items.
(iii) In order to boost investment in
high tech capital intensive textile
processing projects, a scheme to
provide 10% capital subsidy on
specified high tech machines has
been introduced. The units put up
under this scheme may avail 5%
interest reimbursement under TUFS,
in addition to 10% capital subsidy.
This facility has been extended for
11 th five year plan.
(iv) In order to develop textile clusters in
an integrated manner the scheme
of Textiles Centre Infrastructure
Development (TCIDS) has been
merged with Apparel Park Scheme
and is now known as Scheme for
Integrated Textiles Park (SITP). Under
this scheme the textile parks with
all infrastructural facilities including
state-of-the-art effluent treatment
plants are encouraged. The scheme
provides for 40% subsidy on the
project cost subject to the maximum
of Rs.40 crore.
TECHNICAL TEXTILES
Technical textiles are defined as textile
materials and products used primarily for
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