Textile Organisations

The Indian Textile industries is mainly dominated by some government, semi government and private institutions.
The major functions of the ministry of Textile are:

• Textile Policy & Coordination
• Man-made Fiber Industry
• Cotton Textile Industry
• Jute Industry
• Silk and sericulture Industry
• Wool Industry
• Decentralized Powerloom Sector
• Export Promotion
• Planning & Economic Analysis
• Finance Matters
• Information Technology(IT)

The advisory boards include:

• All India Handlooms Board
• All India Handicrafts Board
• All India Power looms Board
• Advisory Committee under Handlooms Reservation of Articles for Production
• Co-ordination Council of Textiles Research Association
• Jute Advisory Board

The major export promoting councils include:

• Apparel Export Promotion Council, New Delhi
• Carpet Export Promotion Council, New Delhi
• Cotton Textiles Export Promotion Council, Mumbai

The major PSU or Public Sector Undertaking are:

• National Textile Corporation Ltd. (NTC)
• British India Corporation Ltd. (BIC)
• Cotton Corporation of India Ltd. (CCI)
• Jute Corporation of India Ltd. (JCI)
• National Jute Manufacturers Corporation (NJMC)
• Handicrafts and Handlooms Export Corporation (HHEC)
• National Handloom Development Corporation (NHDC)
• Export Promotion Council for Handicrafts, New Delhi
• Handloom Export Promotion Council, Chennai
• Indian Silk Export Promotion Council, Mumbai
• Power loom Development & Export Promotion Council, Mumbai
• Synthetic & Rayon Textiles Export Promotion Council, Mumbai
• Wool & Woolen Export Promotion Council, New Delhi

Other autonomous bodies in this industry are:

• Central Wool Development Board, Jodhpur
• National Institute of Fashion Technology, New Delhi
• National Centre for Jute Diversification

The textile Research Associations are:

• Ahmedabad Textiles Industry’s Research Association
• Bombay Textiles Research Association, Mumbai
• Indian Jute Industries Research association, Kolkata
• Man-made Textiles Research Association, Surat
• Synthetic and art silk –Mills Research Association, Mumbai
• Wool Research Association, Thane
• Northern India Textiles Research Association, Ghaziabad
• South India Textiles Research Association, Coimbatore