The textile industry is the second-largest employer in India after agriculture with over 45 million people and another 60 million people in allied sectors, including a large number of women from rural areas. The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (Government of India) has estimated that an additional 6.7 million people will be required in the apparel and textile industry workforce by 2022. To bridge the skill gap, the government has introduced the ‘Scheme for Capacity Building in Textile Sector’, which aims to provide relevant skills to 1 million people over a period of three years (2017-2020). While women, making 60% of the Indian apparel and textile workforce, dominate the industry, they have been dropping out of India’s formal workforce in large numbers. India’s Female Labor Force Participation (FLFP) has fallen from 36.7% in 2005 to 26% in 2018. With a rank of 121 among 131 countries, India is lagging behind the world in female labor force participation.
This story is from the January 2020 edition of The Textile magazine.
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