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Textile Secretary UP Singh has said that the Indian textile industry should focus more on sustainability and circularity. Sharing the example of Bangladesh apparel industry, he said that Bangladesh has around 160 green factories, and India should also work in this direction more effectively.

“Landfill is a major issue and with textile being one of the most polluting industries,textile companies should do their best for sustainability. Sustainability and circularity in the textile ecosystem also need to be developed,” he said.

Speaking at the inauguration ofthe Gartex Texprocess event in Delhi, the Textile Secretary urged the industry to work on MMF, as apparel brands areglobally more tilted towards polyester now.

“We are supporting the industry at the policy level be it through PM MITRA scheme, technical textile mission and initiatives like PLI.However, it is now the industry that has to perform. If we have to do well in export, MMF should be the focus of Indian companies,” he said.

He added that India’s textile industry performed well in export in the last fiscal,and to continue doing well in export, India needs to increase its MMF product base.Besides, he also highlighted that there is limited productivity in cotton output, and so the use of MMFshould increase.

The Textile Secretary added “The Indian Government is working towards upscaling the size and the scale of the textile industry through policies such as the mega textile park, which is aimed at solving the problem of the fragmented value chain and scale. We are also focusing on incentivising textile machine manufacturing to encourage foreign manufacturers to build textile machinery within India.”

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