Indian Textile & Clothing in Post-Quota World

'Indian Textile & Clothing inPost-Quota World: A global comparative perspective'

The first ever International Conference on "SteeringMature Business: A Leadership Challenge to Textile Industry" held onOctober 3^rd and 4^th in Ahmedabad, in the once so called Manchester of the East. There were over 200 plus industry leaders and stakeholders fromthe textile industry present on the occasion. The conference has been organisedby Fibre2fashion, the leading global B2Bwebsite for the textile, apparel and fashion industry in association withAhmedabad Management Association; a pioneer in the management movement.

Mr Samar Verma, from IDRC-CDRC, Canada shared his views on 'Indiantextiles and apparel in post quota period from a global comparative perspective'.His presentation included statistical data pertaining to the Indian textilesector along with an overview of the global textile and apparel industry.

He was concerned over the fact that, between 1991 and 2008,IT & ITES industry has grown from $500 million to $61 billion in India, 120times in less than two decades and in the same period, auto industry grew from2 million vehicles to 11 million vehicles, telecom from 1 billion to 25 billionin size, however, T&C industry grew from $17 billion to just $55 billionand its share in Indias total exports declined from 28 period to 11 percentover the same period.

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