The textile industry occupies a leading position in the hierarchy of the Indian manufacturing industry. It has witnessed several new directions in the era of liberalisation. While textile exports are increasing and India has become the largest exporter in world trade in cotton yarn and is an important player of readymade garments, country's international textile trade constitutes a mere 3% of the total world textile trade. Several mills have opted for modernization and expansion and are going in for export-oriented units (EOUs) focused on production of cotton yarn. It has passed through cyclical oscillations and at present, it is witnessing a recovery after a downturn. Of the entire industry volume of about 5 mn tonnes, polyester and polyester filament yarn account for about 1.7 mn tonnes, and acrylic, nylon, and viscose taken together for 300,000 tonnes. The balance is represented by cotton textiles. A majority - some three fourths - of the textile mills are in the private sector. A few of the units are in the co-operative sector with the public sector (Central and State) accounting for about 15% of the total. The textile industry is classified into (i) textile mills comprising composite and spinning mills in the organized segment, (ii) small powerloom and handloom units in the decentralized segment, (iii) khadi-based units, (iv) man made and synthetic fibre and spinning units, v) knitting units, and (vi) made-ups (garments). Besides, the industry has a large number of small units scattered all over the country which are engaged in processing, dyeing and printing of yarn, fabrics and for conversion. The processing units include sizing, desizing, kiering, bleaching, mercerizing, dyeing, printing and finishing. There are a number of large mills which could be termed lead players. The major composite mills include the industry big names like Century, Bombay Dyeing, Mafatlals, Arvind Mills, Vardhaman group, Nahar group. A few developments may be mentioned as trend setters. Few Indian Major Players are as under: A K C Synthetics Ltd. A R Co-Extruded Films Ltd. Aarvee Denims & Exports Ltd. Aceelene Suitings Ltd. Adhunik Synthetics Ltd. Agmotex Fabrics Ltd. Ahmedabad Advance Mills Ltd. Ahmedabad Jubilee Mills Ltd. Ahmedabad Manufacturing & Calico Prtg. Co. Ltd. Ajit Mills Ltd. Akashganga Textiles Mills Ltd. Alok Industries Ltd. Ambadi Enterprises Ltd. Amco Industries Ltd. Anjani Fabrics Ltd. Anjani Synthetics Ltd. Ankita Knit Wear Ltd. Aparna Synthetics Pvt. Ltd. Arihant Industries Ltd. Arthanari Loom Centre (Textile) Ltd. Aruna Mills Ltd. Arvind Ltd. Arviva Industries (India) Ltd. Aryan Fine Fab Ltd. Ashima Ltd. Ashok Fashions Ltd. B S L Ltd. Bhiwani Denim & Apparels Ltd. Bhungani Synthetics Pvt. Ltd. Bindal Textile Mills Ltd. Binny Ltd. Binod Mills Co. Ltd. Black Rose Inds. Ltd. Bombay Dyeing & Mfg. Co. Ltd. Bombay Rayon Fashions Ltd. Bowreah Cotton Mills Co. Ltd. Cawnpore Textiles Ltd. Chiripal Industries Ltd. Coimbatore Cloth Mills India Ltd. Coimbatore Cotton Mills Ltd. Deepak Suitings Ltd. Deora Polytex Ltd. Detail Clothing Ltd. Devagiri Textile Mills Ltd. Dewas Fabrics Ltd. Donear Industries Ltd. East India Cotton Mfg. Co. Ltd. Elgin Mills Co. Ltd. Eskay K'N'It (India) Ltd. Exotica Exports (India) Ltd. Fashion Prints Ltd. Flora Textiles Ltd. G S P L (India) Ltd. Grabal Alok Intl. Ltd. Hindon River Mills Ltd. Hindoostan Spinning & Wvg. Mills Ltd. Hytone Texstyles Ltd. Ibiza Industries Ltd. India Denim Ltd. Indo Industries Ltd. Indus Fila Ltd. J C T Ltd. Jai Bharat Synthetics Ltd. Jaihind Synthetics Ltd. Jay Bharat Overseas Ltd. Jay Dee Fabrics Ltd. Jaybharat Textiles & Real Estate Ltd. Jindal Synthetics Ltd. Jindal Texofab Ltd. Jiyajeerao Cotton Mills Ltd. Juggilal Kamlapat Cotton Spg. & Wvg. Mills Co. Ltd. Jyoti Overseas Ltd. K G Denim Ltd. K G Fabriks Ltd. K S L & Industries Ltd. Kachins Textiles Ltd. Kadambari Synthetics Ltd. Kalol Mills Ltd. Kamadgiri Synthetics Ltd. Kayel Syntex Ltd. Keshav (India) Ltd. Khatau Dyes & Fibres Ltd. Krishna Knitwear Technology Ltd. Lakshmi Apparels & Wovens Ltd. Laxmi Vishnu Textile Mills Ltd. Loyal Textile Mills Ltd. Ls Inds. Ltd. M H Mills & Inds. Ltd. M K Exim (India) Ltd. Madhavnagar Cotton Mills Ltd. Mafatlal Denim Ltd. Mafatlal Industries Ltd. Maharashtra Fibre & Syntex Ltd. Maharashtra State Textile Corpn. Ltd. Maheshwari Mills Ltd. Malmo Exim Ltd. Malwa Industries Ltd. Mammaro (India) Ltd. Maruti Cottex Ltd. Matulya Mills Ltd. Matushree Textiles Ltd. Mayfair Fabrics Ltd. Mazda Fabric Processors Ltd. Mecords India Ltd. Meenakshi Textiles Ltd. Minaxi Textiles Ltd. Modern Denim Ltd. Morarjee Textiles Ltd. Mudra Lifestyle Ltd. Mudra Prints Ltd. Nahar Fabrics Ltd. Nahar Textiles Pvt. Ltd. Nahata Fabrics Ltd. Nandan Exim Ltd. National Textile Corpn. (Delhi, Pun. & Raj.) Ltd. National Textile Corpn. (Gujarat) Ltd. National Textile Corpn. (Madhya Pradesh) Ltd. National Textile Corpn. (Maharashtra North) Ltd. National Textile Corpn. (South Maharashtra) Ltd. National Textile Corpn. Ltd. Neptune Textile Mills Ltd. Network Industries Ltd. New Rajpur Mills Co. Ltd. Niranjan Piramal Textile Mills Ltd. Novotex Industries Ltd. Nutan Mills Ltd. Nutech Global Ltd. Ocean Knits Ltd. Om Shanti Satins Ltd. Omkar Overseas Ltd. (Duplicate Name, Gujarat) Orbit Exports Ltd. Oripol Industries Ltd. Orissa Textile Mills Ltd. Oswal F M Hammerle Textiles Ltd. Oxford Industries Ltd. P C M Ltd. P K Textiles Ltd. Pal Synthetics Ltd. Palav Synthetics Pvt. Ltd. Paragon Textile Mills Pvt. Ltd. Pasupati Fabrics Ltd. Patell Mills Co. Ltd. Peeti Securities Ltd. Perfect Suitings Ltd. Podar Knitex Ltd. Pondicherry Textile Corpn. Ltd. Prakash Cotton Mills Pvt. Ltd. Pratap Spinning, Wvg. & Mfg. Co. Ltd. Pratibha Fabrics Ltd. Premier Mills Pvt. Ltd. Premjyot Fabrics Ltd. Prism Mills Ltd. Pulgaon Cotton Mills Ltd. R K Suitings Ltd. R S C International Ltd. Rainbow Denim Ltd. Raipur Manufacturing Co. Ltd. Rajasthan State Handloom Devp. Corpn. Ltd. Rajkamal Synthetics Ltd. Rajkumar Mills Pvt. Ltd. Rama Qualitex Ltd. Rama Synthetics Ltd. Ramfabric (India) Ltd. Ramshyam Textile Inds. Ltd. Rathi Syntex Ltd. Reid & Taylor (India) Ltd. Ritesh Polyesters Ltd. Rivaa Textile Inds. Ltd. Ronak Dyeing Ltd. Ruby Mills Ltd. Ruia Cotex Ltd. Rustom Mills & Inds. Ltd. S E L Manufacturing Co. Ltd. S Kumars Nationwide Ltd. Sagar Silk Inds. Ltd. Sajjan Textiles Mills Ltd. Sajjan Udyog Export Ltd. Sanitone Fabrics Ltd. Sanrhea Technical Textiles Ltd. Santogen Silk Mills Ltd. Santogen Textile Mills Ltd. Santosh Fine-Fab Ltd. Saraf Textile Inds. Ltd. Sarita Synthetics & Inds. Ltd. Saroj Textile Ltd. Satnam Exports (India) Ltd. Seasons Textiles Ltd. Selection Synthetics Ltd. Shamken Multifab Ltd. Shankar Weaving Mills Ltd. Shilp Fabrics Ltd. Shiva Sutex Ltd. Shree Bhagwan Fabrics Ltd. Shree Bhagwan Textile Inds. Ltd. Shree Bharka Synthetics Ltd. Shree Mahadeo Cotton Mills Ltd. Shree Navdurga Cotton & Yarn Co. Ltd. Shri Amruta Mills Ltd. Shri Arbuda Mills Ltd. Shri Lakshmi Cotsyn Ltd. Shri Mahabir Dyeing & Printing Mills Pvt. Ltd. Shri Renuga Spin-Tex Fabrics Ltd. Shrijee Cotton Mills Ltd. Shyam Textiles Ltd. Silkcity Petrofils Co. Ltd. Silvia Apparels Ltd. Siyaram Silk Mills Ltd. Sleek Textiles Inds. Ltd. Somani Cotsynth Ltd. Somany Evergreen Knits Ltd. Southern Clothing Pvt. Ltd. Sravya Textiles Ltd. Subh Laxmi Syntex Ltd. Supreme (India) Impex Ltd. Svadeshi Mills Co. Ltd. Tamarai Mills Ltd. Tara Fabrics India Ltd. Textile Corpn. Of Marathwada Ltd. Timespac India Ltd. Trident Textile Mills Ltd. Trinity India Ltd. Tuni Textile Mills Ltd. Uma Fabrics Ltd. Uniflock International Ltd. V H M Inds. Ltd. V T M Ltd. Vartex Fabrics Pvt. Ltd. Vatan Textiles Ltd. Ventura Textiles Ltd. Victoria Mills Ltd. Vidyasagar Cotton Mills Ltd. Volant Textile Mills Ltd. Western India Cottons Ltd. Wires & Fabriks Pvt. Ltd.