Textile Industry in India

In the span of 30 years, the production of machine-spun yarn was quadrupled in India (Doc 1). This statistics was gathered by British colonial authorities. They might not been able to know how much yarn or cloth was made by hand in every Indian village.

From 1880s-1930s mechanization has increased in both Japan and India. More machines had started to be used than using one’s hands which produced more cotton than hand spinning would have. Female workers were overworked in the cotton factories that favored using machines instead of hand spinning to increase the production of cloth and yarn.

Do you think that English textile factories were bad for the health of working class families. Use evidence from at least two of the documents to support your claim.

According to Factory systems (document 7), the cotton spinning mill help made clothes a lot cheaper because everyone could have their own Factory system. This was very helpful because resources were more easy to access and everyone had it available to them. Also, according to document 4, clothes were made faster and cheaper and with the new invention called the Power Loom it was a lot more productive. The Power Loom impacted daily life by making clothes at a much faster rate and providing more products for everyone.

Canada, with its economic and political stability offers a variety of business opportunities. With such a large population of immigrants, Canada is known for its acceptance of diverse cultures. English and French are Canada's official languages and there are many other languages spoken freely by diverse racial groups on Canadian soil. Many different religions are also practiced freely and peacefully in Canada.

The introductory of the documentary examines the fabric mills of Bangladesh. It is very competitive in the international market place to find low cost labor; when merchandise manufactured in another country is imported these country put on a duty rate. Apparel companies contemplating low cost labor,

So during imperialism the British wanted to colonize india because of it’s manufacturing and raw materials that they produce. This new industrial system was highly successful; resulting a tremendous increase in the number of goods that individual worker could produce (Connolly). For example, before the Industrial Revolution, textiles were primarily made of wool and were hand spun. But, with the invention of the spinning wheel and the loom, cloth was produced quicker and eventually replaced wool in the textile field” ("thomasnet). Between 1770 and 1790 the production of cotton increase in Great Britain (textbook pg,286). By 1800, the manufacture of cotton cloth bag becomes the nation’s single most important industry. However, with materials now being produced quicker and cheaper the need for manufactured goods was greater than the supply. In order to meet the demand many manufactures hired children to work in their factories, It has been estimated that a million of children between the ages of five and seventeen worked as a child laborers in the UK during the Industrial Revolution. Although children had been servants and apprentices

During this time the textile industry had been mainly dominated by farmers wife 's, who made cloth for extra money to support their families. However as the technology for textiles grew, what once took five people to complete now took one machine that did it at twice the speed. As machines slowly began to over ride people 's jobs particularly if rural areas family 's began to move to large cities sparking the growth of the industrial revolution.

The Great Depression - an economic downturn that lasted for a decade from 1929-1939 impacted the industries across the globe. It would be unfair to attribute the crash of stock market for the great depression. A variety of other factors such as bank failures, the reduced purchases, Smooth-Hawley Tariff – an American economic policy with Europe and the drought in Missipi Valley to name a few (https://www.thoughtco.com/causes-of-the-great-depression-104686 : Retrieved on 12-05-17). This economic crisis proved to be a threat for the textile industry based in UK as well as in India.

From 2005 the liberalization textiles and clothing industry, the exports of this industry increased from 480 $ billion to 709 $ billion until 2012. (WTO.2005, 2013) The textiles and clothing industry accounts for a 4 per cent share in global merchandise exports. (The ILO, 2014) Garment industry has particularly characteristics, which selectivity and pertinence at production and market. (Adhikari, R. &Yamamoto, Y. 2007) Garment industry provides a lower investment cost and low skill labor in developed and developing countries. This industry has low barrier entry, so that clothing industry suitable for developing countries. But free trade and low barrier make it possible to adapt to rapidly changing market conditions. Therefore, the clothing industry characterize is high intensity of competition. This industry is the most protected in the global economy of all manufacturing industries, in both developed and developing countries. (Nordås, H. 2004)

According to the Oxford Dictionary; textiles is a “ type of cloth or woven fabric.” Everyone wears some form of textiles, which is why the textiles industry is quite large.

The textile factory system of the United Kingdom was mainly located around the areas of Greater Manchester and the towns of Pennines and Lancashire. These areas would become the bedrock of the textile industry in Britain, as Rosen states: ‘The true industrialization of Britain, and subsequently, the world, depended on a commodity that could attract consumers not by the thousands, but the millions’ . A commodity, like, for example: cotton.

Handloom industry is one of Economic generation organization for India because people in india give more preference to their traditional culture. The handloom industry is next after the agriculture for providing livelywood for the people. The government has given the importance to the industry by promoting handloom products and special intrest in export of the handloom products.The Office of the Development Commissioner for Handlooms has been implementing a various units through out the India to provide the job opportunity to the weavers.

This paper is prepared based on a case study of garments industry. Mr. Khan started a garments industry. After running for 5 years, he reached at the breakeven point that is - no profit and no loss. At the same time, he faced some problems regarding the sustainability of the garments. Here we tried to identify the problems that faced by Mr. Khan based on the on going garment sectors’ condition of Bangladesh. According to us, he did not face any budget problem but he faced performance problem and time problem. After identifying the problems, we tried to give some recommendations regarding the sustainability of his garments industry which are discussed here.

Faruqui, M. (2014, July). Nobody can beat Bangladesh in price and quality. Retrieved from http://www.textiletoday.com.bd/magazine/873