Volume : 3, Issue : 3, March - 2014

Structural Change in India: The Impact of Technology on The Textile Industry

Ms Priyanka Singh, Dr Madan Lal

Abstract :

 This paper mainly focuses on technological changes and its impact on Indian textile industry. This paper covers four segments of Indian textile industry i.e. Spinning, Weaving, Processing and garmenting. The paper examines Technological changes in these segments and their performance in the economy and benefits of the Technology Up gradation Fund Scheme (TUFS) availed by the various sectors of Indian textile industry in the last decade. Results show that the textile industry requires more investment for modernisation and technology up gradation.