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Question
Give an account of the cotton textile industry in India.
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Solution
The cotton textile industry is one of the primary industries in India. More than 40 per cent of the working population of India directly or indirectly depends on this industry.
The manufacturing of cotton textile involves the following
Processes:
- washing of fibres
- carding and combing of fibres to form a rope-like mass of fibres known as‘slivers’
- spinning to make cotton yarn
- weaving of the ‘ grey cloth’ or undyed cloth
- bleaching of the ‘grey cloth’
- dyeing and printing
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