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Post-Independence Progress of Indian Textile Mill Industry.
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Year
|
Number
of Mills
|
Spindles
(Million)
|
Looms
(Thousand)
|
Rotors
(Thousand)
|
Workers
|
|
1951
|
378
|
11.00
|
195.00
|
-
|
785000
|
|
1956
|
412
|
12.05
|
203.00
|
-
|
N.A.
|
|
1961
|
479
|
13.66
|
199.00
|
-
|
918000
|
|
1966
|
575
|
16.12
|
209.00
|
-
|
931000
|
|
1971
|
664
|
17.88
|
208.40
|
-
|
947000
|
|
1976
|
618
|
19.36
|
207.75
|
-
|
1028000
|
|
1981
|
693
|
21.23
|
207.90
|
5.00
|
1179000
|
|
1986
|
984
|
26.02
|
208.44
|
11.51
|
-
|
|
1991
|
1062
|
26.67
|
177.81
|
66.92
|
1108000
|
|
1996*
|
2249(1569)
|
32.80(31.75)
|
132.18
|
235.42(226)
|
1029000
|
|
1997*
|
2514(1719)
|
34.59(33.148)
|
124.15
|
300.34(276.289)
|
1027000
|
|
1998
*
|
2583(1782)
|
35.39(33.88)
|
123.84
|
339(313)
|
1010000
|
|
1999(P)
|
2652
|
35.59
|
123.75
|
356
|
1011000
|
*
Including small spinning units. (795 in 1997) (Figures in
brackets): Excluding Small Spinning Units.
(P):
ProvisionalSource:
ICMF Handbook, 27th Edition; Pg. 22 (1998), ICMF Handbook,
17th Edition; 1983 and ICMF Annual Reports, 1999; 2000.
Summary
:
Table 1 shows that since Independence,
there has been an overall growth
in the number of textile mills and the employment generated
by them.
While the spinning mills have registered a three-fold increase
in the number
of spindles, the number of looms has actually decreased. Rotors,
which came on the scene post-1975, have registered a 70-fold
increase in number.
Other
STATISTICS
Post-Independence
Progress of Ahmedabad Textile Mill Industry
Total Production and Exports of Cloth
by India
Production of Cloth by Mills, Handlooms
and Powerlooms.
Export Shares of Mills, Power-looms and
Handlooms
Value of Exports of Indian Textiles (1993
- 2000)
Share of Textile Exports in the Exports
of all commodities from India.
Exports of Textiles and Clothing - World
and India
 
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