Ministry of Textiles
The Ministry of Textile is the Indian government’s national agency dedicated to planning, policy and regulations, development and promotion of the textile industry in the country. The apex body for textile has many statutory bodies, export promotion councils, autonomous bodies, research associations and registered societies associated with it.
The principal functional areas of the Ministry of Textile are, textile policy and coordination, cotton textile industry, jute industry, wool & woolen industry, export promotion, planning and economic analysis, financial matters and information technology.
Central Wool Development Board (CWDB)
Established in 1987, the CWDB was formed to harmonize various diversified interests among different sectors of the wool industry for integrated policy development of the industry.
The responsibilities of the board are wool and woolen industry development, marketing intelligence and products, price stabilization, testing of wool and woolens, product development and mainly advising the government in the matters of policy formations and coordination.