Tirupur: For more than a decade since globalisation, the central government’s textile committee was the quality regulating agency for all textile export goods in the country.

But now, the committee’s inspection services have almost no takers in the textile industry. With around 30 offices across the country, the textiles committee which comes under the union textiles ministry, was functioning with many objectives. While hosting one of textile power centers, Tamil Nadu alone has six textiles committee offices, barring another one closed in Salem a year ago. More than 20 quality assurance officers were associated with the offices. 

“Earlier, one of the major goals was to regulate quality of all goods exported from textile units because the government wanted to ensure that the quality should not become an issue. 

But in 2004, the government took decision of leaving the quality as a matter between the foreign buyers and the exporters, so the mandatory regulation was dropped,” said a senior official associated with the textiles committee. However, the committee had started to offer inspection services as it can act as a third party between the buyers and the manufacturers. 

The committee has adequate infrastructure including textile labs and technically sound employees but do not have many takers. “We were not approached for the services by the industry despite having all the capacities. Many private quality assurance agencies filled up almost whole space of offering inspection services,” the official said. 

Published On : 20-06-2019

Source : Times of India