Examine the major challenges hindering the Indian textile industry from achieving its full potential in the global value chain.

PM Narendra Modi has envisaged a 4F Model - that includes processing from Farm > Fibre > Fabric > Fashion. Yet, our textile sector has CABR below global average (especially Tiger Asian economies) Challenges in Textile Industry: [Production level] > Lack of staple cotton variety > Pest attacks - Ballworm > Climate-induced disaster > (Prayagraj - Vidarbha) Problems in availability of climate-resistant Bt cotton seeds only 60-70%: farmer avail [Processing level] > Absolute technology in winnowing and carding > Informal, manual labour in cotton textile mills

[Poor Production level] > Competition from cheap cotton clothes from China Myanmar > Lack of focus on non-cotton textile (60-70% textile 2 man-made fibre) Fragmented value chain under exports raw material, not processed fabric Steps taken: > PM Mitra Parks - used textile exglomeration level clasp ratios missing > Not missing on technical textile > Global value chain (logistics with logistics parity 2023) > Moving ahead, India needs to fully capitalize on its textile by > [Synergistic] value chain [Synergistic] value chains: [Strengthening agri-output] [Scalable air advantage]