Tamilnadu textiles and clothing accounts 1/3rd of the textile business size, 45 percent of the spinning capacity, 70 percent of the knitted garment capacity, 40 percent of the home textiles manufacturing capacity, 22 percent of the powerloom capacity, 12 percent of handloom capacity, 60 percent of yarn exports, providing direct jobs to over 60 lakh people and the only State having presence of whole textile value chain, has been playing a pivotal role in the country’s economy as the textile industry being the second largest employment provider of the Nation, next only to agriculture.

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