Which of the following correctly highlights a unique feature of India's textile industry?

Question

Which of the following correctly highlights a unique feature of India's textile industry?

1. A. It focuses only on raw material exports.
2. B. It is partially self-reliant and imports final products.
3. C. It is self-reliant across the full value chain (Correct answer)
4. D. It only caters to domestic markets.

Correct Answer

Option C — It is self-reliant across the full value chain

Detailed Solution & Explanation

The correct answer is It is self-reliant across the full value chain.

Key Points

• India's textile industry is unusual in spanning the entire value chain within the country — from fibre and yarn through spinning, weaving and processing to finished garments.
• That completeness is its distinguishing feature: it neither exports only raw material nor depends on imported finished product, and it serves both domestic and export markets.
• Each distractor denies one part of that chain, which is why they fail.

Additional Information

• The sector is among India's largest employers after agriculture and a major foreign-exchange earner.
• India is the world's largest producer of cotton and jute, and the second-largest producer of silk, producing all four commercial varieties — mulberry, eri, tasar and muga, the last unique to Assam.
• Major textile centres: Mumbai and Ahmedabad (cotton, Ahmedabad being the "Manchester of India"), Coimbatore (the "Manchester of South India"), Tiruppur (knitwear), Surat (synthetics) and Kanpur.
• Related initiatives: the PM MITRA mega textile parks, the National Technical Textiles Mission and the textiles PLI scheme.

प्रश्न (हिन्दी में)

निम्नलिखित में से कौन सा कथन भारत के वस्त्र उद्योग की अनूठी विशेषता को सही ढंग से उजागर करता है?

1. A. यह केवल कच्चे माल के निर्यात पर ध्यान केंद्रित करता है।
2. B. यह आंशिक रूप से आत्मनिर्भर है और अंतिम उत्पाद आयात करता है।
3. C. यह सम्पूर्ण मूल्य श्रृंखला में आत्मनिर्भर है
4. D. यह केवल घरेलू बाज़ारों की सेवा करता है।