Make in India

Look east-link west

By- Izna Faridi
Prerit Raj
Riya Gupta
Shambhavi
Mohan

What is Make In India

Make In Indiais a new national program

designed to transform India into a global

manufacturing hub. It contains a raft of
proposals designed to urge companies local
and foreign to invest in India and make the
country a manufacturing powerhouse.
The focus of Make In India programme is on
creating jobs and skill enhancement in 25
sectors.
One of which sector is related to us i.e..
Textile and garment industry.

*The Make In India logo is derived from Indias

national emblem.
*The wheel denotes the peaceful progress and
*The prowling lion stands for strength, courage,

Textile industry of India

Indias textiles and clothing industry is one of the

mainstays of the national economy.

It is also one of the largest contributing sectors of
Indias exports contributing nearly 13.25% of the
countrys total exports basket.
The textiles industry is one of the largest
employers of labours.
The Textile industry has two broad segments,
namely handloom, handicrafts, sericulture, power
looms in the unorganized sector and spinning,
apparel, garmenting, made ups in the organised
sector.

New Government has taken many initiatives

for
the development of the textiles sector.
Setting up Integrated Textile Parks
Some of the initiatives are as follows.
Exports

Development of Handloom:
Handicraft
Silk and Pashmina
NIFT Srinagar

Integrated textile parks

The Scheme of Integrated Textile Parks is one of the

flagship schemes of the Ministry of Textiles.

It aims to assist small and medium entrepreneurs in
the textile industry to clusterize investments in
textile parks by providing financial support for world
class infrastructure in the parks.
The new government moved swiftly and13 new
textiles parks were approved. While these 13
textile parks will receive a grant to the extent of Rs
520 crores from government for infrastructure
development,
They are estimated tobring in private sector
investment of about Rs 3240 crores into the
sector and generate direct employment for
about 35,000 persons over the next three
years .

Exports
With a vision to create an export friendly economy

the government introduced several initiatives

Duty free entitlement to garment exportersfor
import of trimmings, embellishments and other
specified items increased from 3% to 5%.
This initiative is expected to generate an
additional RMG exports estimated at Rs.10,000
Crore.
The government has also proposed to extend 24/7
customs clearance facility at 13 airports and 14
sea ports resulting in faster clearance of import
and export cargo.

Handloom
Specific steps have been initiated for revival of

handloom. Focus is on assisting weavers with

designs, marketing and improved wages
National Institute of Fashion Technology and
leading members of the fashion industry have
been roped in for design support to weavers.
In order to provide better marketing reach, the
Ministry has launched anE-commerce initiative
Flipkart.This will strengthen the existing Primary
Weaver Cooperative Society by assisting
entrepreneur from the weavers families for taking up
production and supply directly to the customers.
Lakme fashion week this year dedicated a day
showcasing the vibrancy and magic of Indian
weavers and crafts.

 Synergy of handloom, handicraft with

tourismhas been worked out in consultation with

Ministry of Tourism Traditional handloom
weavers/handicraft artisans villages for
development as Adarsh Gram as tourists
destination.
Development of Tassar handloom products like
sarees, dress material exports typical to
Bhagalpur in Bihar has been initiated
underHandloom Mega Cluster Scheme.

Handicraft
Promotion of major crafts of Varanasi namely wood

carving, carpet and durry weaving, meenakari and

zardozi and pottery etc. have been taken up by
providing assistance to the artisans with better skill,
design and supply of toolkits etc.
This was formally launched by the Textiles
Minister on 26.9.2014.
A Skill Development Programme for training 5000
carpet weavers has been taken up through the Carpet
Export Promotion Council (CEPC).
An Integrated Design Project of 5 months duration for
wooden toys would be organized by National Centre
for Design and Product Development (NCDPD).

Silk and Pashmina

India is the 2ndlargest producer of Silk in the world and

employs large number of skilled and unskilled tribal

women.
During his recent visit to Jammu & Kashmir the Prime
minister declared a scheme for the development of
nomads.
Provision of Rs. 30 crore for same was made in the
2014-15 Budget, which would be utilized for
Promotion of Pashmina in Leh, ladakh region of Jammu
and Kashmir
Setting up a dehairing plant in Ladakh to increase
productivity
Setting up Solar Powered Community Centers, Sheds
for animals and Pucca shelters for nomads.
Recognizing their contribution and efforts the Textiles
Minister felicitated 54 women engaged in sericulture.

NIFT Srinagar
With a vision to encourage and train the youth

of Jammu and Kashmir for fashion design and

thereby generate employment opportunities
the Government has increased itsFinancial
Support for setting up NIFT center from
50% to 90%.

THANK YOU!