Powerloom has been an important sector in the Indian textile industry. This is mainly an unorganised sector with fragmented, small and often unregistered units that work very less on technology and modern practices. Despite being so fragmented, the sector contributes accounts for 70% of the total jobs in the textile industry. The sector produces more than 60% of the country's total cloth output. 

Markedly, there are around 2.45 million registered looms that employ approximately 6.5 million people. The major regions where powerlooms are concentrated in clusters are Erode, Salem, Madurai, Ichalkarnaji, Solapur, Bhiwandi, Bhilwara and Malegaon among others. 

The sector produces a wide range of fabrics such as grey or printed fabric, dyed fabric,  우리카지노 and mixtures of cotton, synthetic and other fibres. The powerloom sector in India is the major contributor in export earnings from the USA, the EU, China, the UAE, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Saudi Arabia, the Republic of Korea, Bangladesh, Turkey, Pakistan, and Brazil. 

Though the powerloom industry in India contributes so much to export earnings and is a major employment provider, modernisation of looms is still low and it lags behind the US, China, Europe, Taiwan, etc. 

Following are some of the major issues faced by the Indian powerloom industry:

Poor Infrastructure: Indian powerloom industry still works in the poor infrastructure scenario. Frequent power cuts, effluent issues, lack of connectivity, water issues, lack of warehouses, etc. adversely impact this sector. 

Out-dated Technology: Major powerloom clusters in India are still shuttleless and use obsolete technology. Such traditional powerlooms affect the quality and quantity of the fabric produced. There is no upgradation of technology, resulting in high depreciation rate and increasing maintenance cost of the looms. 

Lack of skilled labour: Lack of skilled labour is the major labour issue in the power loom sector. Workers are working on the same old technology that results in low- productivity and -efficiency. This is mainly because powerlooms are hesitant in investing in workers training programmes. 

Lack of Marketing: The powerloom units' owners lack the marketing support. Weavers and workers are not aware of the demand and supply concept, business ethics and the value of their fabric in the local as well as global market. As a result, they have to rely on middlemen to sell their products. The middlemen and traders exploit the powerloom workers and keep the major profits with them. Due to this, the powerloom industry does not get its real share of profit. 

Less Financial Support: Most of the powerlooms run in losses because the weavers do not get financial support and they start their own business through self-financing. They cannot pile up raw material at wholesale prices due to lack of capital. As a result, they buy yarn at higher rates and sell fabric at lower rates, resulting in losses. 

Although there's a nodal agency, The Power loom Development and Export Promotion Council (PDEXCIL) that is involved in promotional activities such as trade shows, textile fairs, image-building through advertisements,  [[https://Fw.ax/baen1|솔레어카지노]] audio-visuals and publications for the promotion of exports from the powerloom industry, it is very much important that the powerloom industry players must understand that along with job work and supply of grey fabric, they must focus on value additions and supply of finished fabrics to increase their profits. 

Mayank Mohindra is an author on apparel, fashion, and textile industry .His articles are based on latest apparel industry news, textile news and/or analysis of the dynamics of global apparel trade, and fashion industry .