A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF INDIAN TEXTILE INDUSTRY: AN INSIGHT INTO INCLUSIVE GROWTH AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

Abstract

Textile industry has been a symbol of India's cultural heritage, which has worked to connect the people and played an important role in their economic interests. This sector is mainly divided into several disciplines at the unorganized level, it has made its identity as a cottage industry in every state of India. In the present paper, the textile industry has been focused on inclusive development and social obligations. The main purpose of this paper is to see how the textile sector is contributing in inclusive development. In order to reach the conclusions, both primary and secondary data has been analyzed in qualitative analysis. Finding of this research reveals that the textile is contributing towards employment generation and inclusiveness but in terms of social responsibility it is not playing positive role because of its unorganized structure.

Keywords

• Textile industry
• inclusive growth
• corporate social responsibility
• unorganized sector
• cottage industry