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Related Keywords: brings together all existing schemes, practical industry requirements, replacement of old looms, Smriti Irani, tailoring to meet, Tirupur textile industry, under Powertex scheme, Union Textiles Minister, with new rapier shuttleless looms

Union Textiles Minister Smriti Irani visited to Tirupur textile industry to accord thrust to replacement of old looms with new rapier shuttleless looms, under the Powertex scheme that brings together all existing schemes for the sector, while also tailoring them to meet the practical industry requirements.

The Minister took stock of the facilities at the Powerloom Service Centre at Surampatti in the city and held discussions on the implementation of central schemes the new Powertex scheme which would pave way for the manufacture of 'zero defect’ products in the textile sector.

Related Keywords: big growth, diverted from Bangladesh and China, exploit overseas orders, facing issues, FTA with europe, higher wages, knitwear exports, labour rights, political auncertainty, Tirupur textile industry, workshop safety

Tirupur, textile city of Tamil Nadu is toady poised for big growth as it looks set to exploit overseas orders that are getting diverted from Bangladesh and China, where the industry is increasingly facing issues related to workshop safety, labour rights, higher wages and political uncertainty.

Related Keywords: budget, domestic textile manufacturing sector, knitwear export sector, production cost, spandex yarn, Textile cluster, Tirupur textile industry

The growth of the industries in Tirupur has also faced many problems in its journey in terms of industrial organization, city infrastructure, natural raw material sources, workforce organization, etc., and the industry has taken efforts at times to solve the problems. Tirupur Exporters’ Association president A Sakthivel has welcomed the NDA government’s maiden Budget as it would benefit the domestic textile manufacturing sector.

Related Keywords: cotton export, knitwear garment, synthetic fabric, synthetic market, Tirupur textile industry

Tirupur prominent for making quality cotton based knitwear garment as they are unable to generate more revenue with cotton exports, they need to diversify. Synthetic has global market throughout the year and at present, synthetic fabrics for swim wear or sportswear are not manufactured in India. As they have the expertise for this and they need to start the process, stated A Sakthivel, president of Tirupur Exporters Association.