Textile exports post 3.2% increase over three years

As per data available with the government, the export of textiles and garments has shown an increase of 3.2% during the last three years. Textiles worth Rs 2,63,494 crore were exported in 2016-17 as compared to exports worth Rs 2,59,712 crore in 2015-16 and Rs 2,47,546 crore in 2014-15. 
 
With a view to enhance the investment, production and export of  the textile industry in the country, the government has launched a special package for apparel and made-ups segments of the Indian textile industry, which includes enhanced duty drawback coverage/rebate of state levies (ROSL) on export of garments/made-ups, additional incentives under the Amended Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme (ATUFS)/scheme for production and employment-linked support for garmenting units,  employee Provident Fund scheme reform/Pradhan Mantri Paridhan Rojgar Protsahan Yojana (PMPRPY), said a government release.