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Employment opportunity

The textile industry in India has generated an enormous amount of employment for both types of labour, skilled and unskilled, According to Business Standard, the textile industry is considered to be the second-largest sector to produce employment. States like Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Telangana, and Punjab are the major producers of cotton in India. According to Textilegence, around 16% of industrial capital and 20% of industrial labor of our nation are involved in this industry. Fortunately, we have witnessed exponential growth in the cotton industry in the past four decades.

What amount of organic cotton is grown globally?

Though growing organic cotton isn’t an easy task and requires many conditions to be fulfilled, one of them being the requirement of a huge amount of water for growing organic cotton as compared to the cotton grown conventionally. However, talking about the demand for organic cotton, the data shows exponential growth over the years.

The prominent states producing organic cotton

The cotton-growing areas of Ahmedabad are popular for cotton textile production and are also called as Manchester of India, An amount of cotton garments manufactured are exported across the globe. Another largely concentrated cotton-growing area is Mumbai, Maharashtra. There are many prominent factors behind these cities becoming popular for cotton production and some of them are cheap labour, humid climate, and to port facility. It is easier to carry out the production anywhere in India as far as energy and proximity water supply are available for dyeing.

Major benefits of cotton clothing

While we consider the benefits of cotton clothing, there are many benefits in a queue. By the passing time, most of the people are genuinely interested in choosing organic cotton clothing all over the world because of its texture and comfort as they are inclined towards leading a healthy life, majorly because it is non-synthetic and breathable fiber. The other benefits include conservation of natural resources, better living of farmers growing organic cotton, less chemical usage, Higher quality products, Less corporate control, Non-allergic, Toxic-free dyes, a natural way of clothing, fair treatment with farmers, etc.