Report on Human Resource Requirement in Textile Sector in India

This report from NSDC present a detailed overview of the human resources and skill gap requirement in Textile sector of India. Broadly it covers the following topics.

1. Environment Scanning and Competitiveness of Textile sector

1.1. Industry Size and Growth

1.2. Value chain of the Textile sector

1.3 Fibre/Filaments

1.4. Market Structure

1.5. Policy/Regulatory environment

1.6. Demand Drivers

1.7. Key Success Factors and Risk Factors

1.8. Drivers of competitiveness

2. Human Resource and Skill Requirements in the Textile Industry

2.1. Current employment pattern

2.2. Profile of human resource employed in the T&C industry

2.3. Skill requirements and skill gaps in Spinning

2.4. Skill requirements and skill gaps in Fabric Manufacturing

2.5. Skill requirements and skill gaps in Fabric processing

2.6. Skill requirements and skill gaps in Garmenting

2.7. Current Training/Education Infrastructure

2.8. Emerging trends in skill requirements

2.9. Projected Human Resource Requirements in the Textile & Clothing Sector 

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How to Identify Gadwal Saris

Gadwal Saris are traditional Indian Saris from Andhra Pradesh. The striking feature of this sari is that, while the body is made from cotton, the borders and the pallu(the falling edge of the saree) are made from silk. There is complicated joinery involved and this gives the silk/cotton mix sari its charm. 


Most Gadwal Saris are woven with interlocked - weft borders of contrasting colours. Attaching the silk border and pallav to the cotton body is called doing the 'kechchu'. This is most difficult to do and is also what sets the Gadwal sari apart from other saris. The body of the sari is woven from unbleached cotton yarn and contains patterns made using colored cotton or silk thread. The embroidery is done using threads coated with gold or copper. Traditional motifs are used in the sari. 


These saris have different types of borders - Small border, medium border, heavy border (weight of the sari doesn’t vary). Also, Kutu border, Turning border, One side border are some other terms in use.

A Gadwal Sari is of 80 counts cotton for warp and weft in the body, and 20/22 D filature silk is used in the border and pallou .The blouse is also woven on the other side of the sari which is generally 32” in length.

How to Recognise a Gadwal Sari

KUTTU (a joining) at the border for any GADWAL sari, is one feature that helps recognize it and also any GADWAL sari whether Cotton or Silk, always has a Silk border.

You can find images of Gadwal Saris HERE.

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Textile Company Profile: Sangam India Limited

1. Sangam India Limited, Largest Single location dyed yarn producer in the country.

2. It controls a market share of 25% in the polyester-viscose segment.

3. Largest manufacturers of polyester dyed yarn in the country.

4. Polyester prices has risen by around 25% in the last 12 months. 

5. In viscose, prices have increased by around 30% in the past one year.

6. While the overall textile market is growing by 5-6% in the past five to six years, the same in PV has been around 8-9%. 

7. The four major players in the country- Sangam, Rajasthan Spinning, Sutlej Textiles and Banswara Syntex- control close to 85% of the PV market.

8. About 90% of the revenue in yarn business comes from PV while the balance comes from Denim and Cotton yarn. 

9. About 70% of the company's total turn over comes from yarn business, the balance comes from fabrics.

10. 20% of the fabrics topline comes from PV Fabrics , about 6-7% from denim

11. Total Fabric Cap is 30 mn meters. PV accounts for 20 mm.

12. USP of Sangam- As per their CFO "Our strength lies in our location - Bhilwara. Around 50% of our capacity is sold in the vicinity of 5 kms. So, our sales cost comes down as does our costs on freight and insurance. We can also control our debtors in a much better manner as our inventory is pretty low. We maintain finished goods inventory of only 3-4 days while our raw material inventory is for one month. Therefore, our working capital is only around Rs1.8bn out of the topline of Rs8.5bn. Normally, working capital of a textile company is 30-40% of the topline. Our inventory cycle and debtor cycle are the lowest in the industry. We control the pricing power in polyester viscose yarn, as our market share in 2/15 and 2/18 count yarn is close to 65%. That is why our operating margin is the highest in the industry. There is a gap of 3-7% in our operating margin and that of the rivals"

13. Global PV Market: The global PV market is mainly controlled by India, Turkey and Brazil. Around 70% of the world’s PV market is controlled by India while the balance is accounted by Turkey and Brazil. Globally, the share of PV in textiles is less than 1%. In India, it is less than 7-8%. It is a very small and niche segment.

14.  Right now their capacity utilization is around 85-86% which is much less than targeted 92-93%.

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Rising Prices of Denim in India

Denim Prices

1. Denim Makers have raised prices by 10-15% since beg of April

2. Most of them use cotton of fiber length of 12mm to 24 mm.

3. Raw material accounts for 50% of their input cost.

4. The price of SSC Kalyan V-797 have surged by nearly 25% to a level of 21000 per Candy from Rs. 17000 per candy.

5. Denim Prices have increased to 93-95 per meter from 84-86 Rs. per meter depending upon the quality. Also the prices have increased from 90-100 Rs. per meter to 110-115 Rs. per meter.

6. Margin is higher for those denim fabric manufacturers who buy cotton yarn instead of producing themselves.

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