Chandigarh, Dec 5: CII has come out with a 21-point action plan that has emerged out of Texcon8217;99. Announcing the plan, SP Oswal said that the action plan had been presented to union textile commissioner BC Khatua.
According to senior regional director of CII northern region and the moving force behind the success of Texcon8217;99 and Textech8217;99, the same is also to be submitted to the textiles minister shortly.
The 21-point recommendations for inclusion in the proposed textile policy that is being finalised on the basis of the Satyam Committee report for possible finalisation by the budget session are:
Target for 2010 in terms of per capital consumption of fibre fixed at 5 kgs. Export target has been kept at USD 50 billion. This would translate into a total fibre requirement of 9 million tonnes excluding jute.
Drivers of growth would be garments, home textiles and technical textiles.
Composite character of textile industry be strengthened through policy initiatives likerationalisation of tax structure.
De-reservation of knitting and garment industry was mandatory for growth of textile industry.
The industry needs to be taken out of the Essential Commodities Act.
Labour legislation needs to be suitably modified and streamlined to increase employment, narrow disparity between organised and unorganised sector.
Non-viable enterprises whether in public, private or cooperative sector be permitted to close down without acting as a drag on healthier segment of industry.
Permit foreign direct investment FDI in textile industry including knitting and garmenting.
CII to take initiative to constitute an apex body to provide forum to represent a holistic view of textile industry as suggested by textiles secretary Shyamal Ghosh.
More design centres need to be established to increase design consciousness in the industry.
Entrepreneurs to come forward to take advantage of Technology Upgradation Fund scheme.
Corecompetency of textile industry from raw material to manufacturing in the long-term be converted into competitive advantage.
Man-made fibre MMF and blended industry8217;s competitiveness be increased by rationalising taxes.
Textile and clothing industry must promote quot;India Brand Imagequot; through better product design and development, innovative marketing and quick response and service orientation.
Industry needs to have separate brand equity fund for textile and clothing.
Consolidation through mergers and acquisitions was imminent under present circumstances. Financial institutions should play a vital role.
With the emergence of IT as a driving force, the Indian textile industry must adopt IT as an integral part.
All players in value chain must learnt to cooperate in a spirit of partnership.
Industry and government should cooperate for upgradation of human skills.
Industry to strive to become knowledge oriented to retain sustainable competitiveadvantage.
Indian textile industry should come out of its domestic groove to go multi-national by developing and acquiring brands and distribution channels and setting up offshore business.
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