Textiles

Textiles

Snapshot

  • Odisha is one of the largest producers of cotton in the country.
  • One the largest producers of hand spun and hand woven silk producing 85 MT of different varieties of silk.
  • Popular for traditional forms of handloom and textiles with experienced manpower.

Ecosystem

A. Human Resources
  • Availability of technical manpower and labour at competitive wages.
  • Presence of National Institute of Fashion Technology, one of country’s premier institutions for Apparels and an Institute of Textile Technology
B. Infrastructure
  • Integrated Textiles Parks proposed at Soroda (97 acres) and Bhadrak (217 acres) with fully integrated infrastructure facility to support the entire value chain of textiles.
  • Availability of complimentary infrastructure in terms of workers hostels and business center.
C. Policy Initiatives

An exclusive policy for Textiles sector is under development. The Industrial Policy identifies textiles as a priority sector offering exclusive incentives in capital subsidy and based on employment.

Investment Opportunities

Opportunity to invest in the textiles sector lies in:

  • Spinning, processing and garmenting units
  • Fabric processing for all kind of natural and synthetic textiles
  • Readymade garments
  • Technical textiles, dyes and pigments through available feedstock from the Petroleum, Chemicals and Petrochemicals Investment Region at Paradeep
  • Specialty fabrics