New Textiles Order To Simplify Procedural Bottlenecks

The government has issued a new textiles order superseding the earlier order of 1993. The Textiles (Development and Regulation) Order, 2001 aims at reducing bureaucratic bottlenecks through procedural simplification and has also diluted the powers of the textiles commissioner to control production and supplies.

The new order, under section 3 of the Essential Commodities Act 1995, simplified the procedures for filing information with the government for installation of textiles machinery, production and markings of textiles. The powers of the textile commissioner to control the production and supply have also been diluted while his responsibilities in respect of hank yarn obligation order, reverse twist order and markings on textiles have been retained.

Officials said that the new order had been issued as per the mandate of the National Textile Policy 2000 to review and progressively reduce regulations and controls.