Why is it important for us to improve our weaving sector instead of exporting yam in large quantities ?
We need to make improvement in the weaving sector for the reasons as mentioned below : Weaving machinery is old and needs to be upgraded to give more output. Power supply to powerlooms is erratic and power needs to be available on continuous basis. Weavers can directly supply cloth to garment manufacturers instead of garment makers importing the fabric. This will also increase employment and incomes of the weavers. Increasing the weaving capacity will increase the GDP of country and create opportunity for development of ancillary industries like dyeing, processing and printing of woven fabrics, production of stitched garments. This could also mean reduction in imports of fabrics and ready made garments thus saving foreign exchange reserves and using it for other important products.
