The Indian Textile Industry contributes about the fifth of our industrial production, nearly one-third of total exports and provides employment to millions of people. In the post-liberalization era, the textile industry has undergone several changes, mainly on account of technology development and trends in fashion. The book covers the aspects like Development of textile technology, India’s textile industry under pre-liberalization, post-liberalization and Globalization era, world Trade Organization and Agreement on Textile and Clothing, National Textile Policy, and India’s exports and imports of textiles. The present publication in very useful to the researchers and students studying Industrial Economics, Textile Technology, Khadi and Handloom Technology, International Trade and Institutions, India’s Economic Reforms, etc.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR M. Soundarapandian
Dr. Mookkiah Soundarapandian (born 1960) took his M.A. (1982) Degree in Economics with Unversity Rank and Ph.D. Degree in Economics (1991) at Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai. He also successfully completed the M.Phil. in Economics (Annamalai University), M.Ed., and M.B.A. Degrees at Madhurai Kamaraj University. He now holds the post of Reader in the Department of Rural Industries and Management, Gandhigram Rural Institute, Deemed University, Gandhigram Tamil Nadu, India. Apart from teaching and extension responsibilities at Gandhigram Rural institute, he has been engaged in research activities. He has published many research articles in various reputed journals at national and international level and ten books, namely, Rural Industries in India, Women Entrepreneurship, Tribal Development in India, Industrial Resourgence in Rural India. Rural Entrepreneurship Literacy Campaign in India, Small Scale Industries (Two Volumes), Handloom Sector in India, etc. Apart from providing research guidance to a number of Ph.D. and M.Phil Scholars, he has directed and completed nine minor research projects and three major research projects that were sponsored by Indian Council of Social Science Research, University Grants Commission, Ministry of Rural Development, Bharat Gyan Vigyan Samiti, New Delhi and State Resource Centre for Non-formal Education, Chennai.
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