In order to boost their competitiveness, Tirupur’s garment producers have asked the State government for assistance.
R. Gandhi, the Minister of Handlooms and Textiles, and Dharmendra Pratap Yadav, the Secretary of Textiles, recently presided over a meeting of the Technical Advisory Committee.
K.M. Subramanian, president of the Tirupur Exporters’ Association, argued during the meeting that the units should be allowed to work overtime for 145 hours per quarter rather than the current 75 hours. “This has recently been implemented in Karnataka and has been in effect in Maharashtra since 2018,” he said. The State Government should allot cash and designate Tirupur as a sustainable sourcing cluster since international buyers were making it necessary to source from India in accordance with environmental and sustainability standards.
Additionally, it ought to allot land in the Tirupur area for the construction of affordable housing for workers. Also, in States like Karnataka and Telangana, the State government added extra State-level programmes to the subsidies provided by the Central government. But in Tamil Nadu, the State government did not provide extra subsidies if a unit had already received central subsidies. He suggested changing this.
The South India Hosiery Manufacturers’ Association’s president, A.C. Eswaran, claimed that the fluctuating price of yarn has a significant negative impact on the apparel industry. The State government should reverse the increase in fixed power costs that was implemented last year and stop collecting peak hour fees if yarn prices settle. To regulate the import of textiles and apparel from Bangladesh, the Central Government should take action.
