Minister of state for textiles Darshana Jardosh has said that India needs to manufacture textile machineries, which are mostly imported, in order to become self-reliant and enhance export competitiveness to emerge as the global leader in the sector.
The minister said ‘our export competitiveness is quite evident as we stand second, only behind China. But unlike China we do not have in-house manufacturing of textile machineries. Most of the machineries are being imported. And that's where our industry needs to step up.’
She also said India's textile and apparel sector registered the highest ever growth of 40.55 per cent in its exports and reached $43.44 billion in 2021-22 compared to $30.90 billion in FY21. She said ‘I urge the industry to promote the government's 'vocal for local' campaign.
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