Textile industry

1. DEVELOPMENT OF TEXTILE INDUSRTY IN
KOLHAPUR

2. The district of Kolhapur is one of India’s
oldest textile centers and was divided
into four subdivisions, i.e. Karveer,
Gadhinglaj, Ichalkaranji and Radhanagri.
Ichalkaranji also popularly known in
Maharashtra as “Manchester” in
Kolhapur District. Kolhapur is home to
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Ichalkaranji is one of Maharashtra’s
fastest developing industrial areas, and
is known for its manufacture and export
of textile products and textile
manufacturing.

3. DEVELOPMENT IN ECONOMY
Textile Industry plays an important role in the Indian economy and significantly
contributes to its export earnings.
Textiles exports share almost 30 per cent of total exports in the country. This is
20 per cent of the national production.
It provides direct jobs for over 15 million people in the industries of mill, power
loom and handloom.
Ichalkaranji is one of Maharashtra’s fastest growing industrial areas. The
economy of the town is primarily driven by the textile industry.
 Textile products produced in town are sold throughout India as well as
exported to different parts of the world.
In the financial year 2014 to 2019 there was 313 billion Indian Rupee revenue
of the goods and textile industry.

5. Ichalkaranji Textile Development Cluster (ITDC), a company
incorporated under the 1956 Companies Act, is a special
purpose corporation established by Ichalkaranji to undertake
projects under the IIUS for infrastructure development. SPV
company’s principal artifacts are:
• To form a Textile Cluster, a local agglomeration of small,
medium and large textile and supplementary companies
engaged in manufacturing, marketing and supplementary goods
and services.
• Providing sufficient water supply, roads, drainage systems,
power plants, general infrastructure facilities such as Textile
Industries Waste processing plants.
• To include quality improvement facilities, specific test facilities,
research and development .
Providing fire-fighting facilities, traditional effluent treatment
plants and supporting and improving vital textile, commercial
and industrial infrastructures.