Summary:
It is high time that fabric manufacturers produce fabric as per international taste. People prefer cotton fabrics than polyester fabrics here.Gandhi said, “The industry will have to take innovative measures like 3D printing of fabrics. But the government remains a mute spectator despite the fact that SASCMA and FIASWI have been making repeated representations for imposing safety guard duty of 10% on cheap imported fabrics.”FIASWI chairman Bharat Gandhi said, “This has cast a dark shadow on MMF sector. The textile research associations (TRAs) in Surat and Mumbai are already doing research on 3D printing which is going to be the next big thing in the textile sector.” Small-time weavers, unable to sustain the onslaught, are selling their power loom machines in scrap..