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Over 300 textile mills went retired of cognition successful Tamil Nadu betwixt 2021-22 and 2023-24, according to the Annual Survey of Industries.
The information released by the Union Ministry of Textiles earlier this period showed that successful 2021-22, Tamil Nadu had 2,773 textile mills and 2,121 of these were successful operation. In 2023-24, the fig went down to 2,455 with conscionable 1,672 mills successful operation. Spokesperson of a starring textile relation said different 300 mills were closed successful the past 2 years.
The information shows determination were 11,460 textile and apparel manufacturers successful 2021-22 and 8,771 were successful operation. In 2023-24, determination were 11,467 textile and apparel manufacturers and conscionable 8,503 were successful operation. This included textile mills, weaving, processing, and garment making units.
According to manufacture representatives, astir 2 lakh powerlooms had been scrapped successful the past mates of years.
A big of factors person deed the textile manufacture successful the State, they say. Most of the textile industries are successful the micro, tiny and mean enterprises (MSME) segment. Be it earthy material, slope involvement rates, oregon powerfulness cost, the MSMEs are astatine a disadvantage. So, a ample fig of small-scale textile mills person unopen shop, said South India Spinning Mills Association (SISPA) caput Jagadish Chandran.
“Tamil Nadu textile manufacture is uncovering it progressively hard to stay cost-competitive compared with different States. For instance, the powerfulness outgo for the mills successful Tamil Nadu is ₹ 9.25 a unit. This is astatine slightest ₹1 much compared with competing States. Only those textile units that person invested successful upwind and star vigor person survived, arsenic Tamil Nadu has the astir flexible renewable vigor policy. The yearly summation of powerfulness outgo should stop,” said the spokesperson.
Textile mills suffer heavy connected the earthy worldly front. Be it cotton, polyester, oregon viscose, the mills bargain earthy worldly from the northbound and incur proscription cost. The import work connected fabric and prime power orders that are present withdrawn had impacted the industry.
The processing units incur precocious costs due to the fact that of zero liquid discharge, portion States specified arsenic Gujarat are permitting marine discharge of treated effluent.
While the State authorities precocious travel retired with an integrated textile policy, it should region the caps for subsidies, manufacture representatives said.
