As an attempt to address the gap in the literature on linking the history of textile industry in India to the current policies and structure of the industry, this paper develops a synthesis of various studies that discuss about the historical and contemporary issues in Indian textile industry....

Natural dyes, a class of colorants extracted from vegetative matter and animal residues, are claimed to be eco-friendly, causing lower level of emissions than the synthetic dyes in the textile industry. However, no comparative analysis of overall emissions scenarios with different degrees of...