Curriculum Textiles and Clothing in India
Textiles and Clothing in India
From cotton field to shop shelf: how India's textile and apparel industry works, why it employs so many people, the clusters that power it, competition from Bangladesh and Vietnam, and policies to help it grow.
- From Cotton to Kurta: The Textile Value Chain The stages that turn raw fibre into finished clothing - fibre, yarn, fabric, processing and garments - and where value is added at each step. 📄 Read-aloud
- Why Textiles Matter for Jobs Why the textile and apparel industry is one of India's largest employers, especially for women and rural workers, and why labour-intensive industries matter for development. 📄 Read-aloud
- Tiruppur, Surat and India's Textile Clusters How textile production is concentrated in clusters like Tiruppur, Surat, Ludhiana and Panipat, and why firms benefit from being close together. 📄 Read-aloud
- Cotton vs Synthetics: The Fibre Question Why the world has shifted towards polyester and other man-made fibres, why India's industry leaned on cotton, and what this means for competitiveness. 📄 Read-aloud
- Cotton Farmers and Bt Cotton How cotton farming works in India, how Bt cotton changed yields, and the problems of pink bollworm, prices and rain-dependence. 📄 Read-aloud
- Bangladesh and Vietnam: India's Garment Rivals How Bangladesh and Vietnam became garment export giants, why India's garment exports lagged, and what lessons India can learn. 📄 Read-aloud
- Textiles and Clothing in India: Checkpoint 1 Quick checkpoint - five questions on the textile value chain, jobs, clusters, fibres and rival exporters. 5 questions
- PM MITRA Parks and the Textile PLI How the government's mega textile parks and production-linked incentives aim to build scale and attract investment in textiles. 📄 Read-aloud
- Technical Textiles: Fabrics That Do a Job What technical textiles are - from airbags to geotextiles and medical gowns - and why they are a fast-growing, higher-value opportunity. 📄 Read-aloud
- Powerlooms: The Middle of the Industry How India's millions of small powerlooms produce much of its fabric, why many use old technology, and the struggle to modernise. 📄 Read-aloud
- The Hidden Cost of Colour: Dyeing and Pollution Why textile dyeing is one of the most polluting stages, how rivers like the Noyyal suffered, and how treatment and zero-discharge rules work. 📄 Read-aloud
- How Global Brands Choose Suppliers How global clothing brands pick factories based on cost, speed, quality and compliance, and why Indian suppliers must meet all four. 📄 Read-aloud
- The Future of Indian Textiles Where India's textile and apparel industry could go next - scale, synthetics, sustainability and brands - and a recap of the module. 📄 Read-aloud