Indian Textile Industries Towards Energy Efficiency Movement

Textile sector may be considered as one of the largest industrial sector in India and at the same time it is also one of the oldest sectors in the country. Even after a lot of technological development globally, most of the mills are using the same old technology. Although for the last few years process of modernization in textile industries are underway but still the pace is slow. In order to accelerate the pace of energy efficiency activity in the country, Government of India has enacted the “Energy Conservation Act” in the year 2001. Under this act, the Textile sector has been identified as one among fifteen most energy intensive sectors in India. The fact is that more than 95% of the total cloth produced in the country is contributed by the decentralized or unorganized textile sector. So, in order to include major players of textile sector as well as other energy intensive industries for energy efficiency movement, Perform Achieve & Trade (PAT) scheme under National Mission on Enhanced Energy Efficiency (NMEEE) program has been launched by Bureau of Energy Efficiency, Government of India. Here, the present paper will provide an overview of the Indian Textile industries in energy efficiency context along with some basic energy efficiency measures for their betterment.