CLUSTER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME, INDIA
DIAGNOSTIC STUDY
SME
THE HOME MADE- UPs CLUSTER
PANIPAT
BY
R K BORUAH
TEXTILES COMMITTEE
MINISTRY OF TEXTILES, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
DEVELOPED UNDER
THE CLUSTER DEVELOPMENT AGENT TRAINING PROGRAMME,
ORGANISED BY UNIDO CDP, NEW DELHI
&
THE ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE OF INDIA
(EDII), AHMEDABAD
YEAR 2001
The views expressed in the Diagnostic Studies are those of the
authors and should not be attributed to UNIDO or to the
institutions they may represent.
PANIPAT HOME MADE- UPs CLUSTER
CONTENTS
NO.
TOPIC
PAGE
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INTRODUCTION
1.1 The Historical Perspective Of Panipat Textile Industry
1.2 The Present Scenario
1.3 About The City
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2 THE PRODUCTION DETAILS
2.1 Sketch Of The Smes In The Cluster
2.2 Product Categories
2.3 Other Characteristics Of Panipat Made Ups
2.4 Process Flow Chart
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3 ASSESSMENT OF OTHER INSTITUTIONS & THEIR
LINKGAES
3.1 Technical Service Providers
3.2 Inter-Sectoral Linkages
3.3 The Cluster Map
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4
SWOT ANALYSIS
• Strengths
• Weaknesses
• Opportunities
• Threats
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5 EVALUATION OF THE CLUSTER'S ORGANISATION &
PERFORMANCE
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6 VISION OF THE CLUSTER
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7 ACTION PLAN
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PANIPAT HOME MADE- UPS CLUSTER
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1. INTRODUCTION
1.1 THE HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE OF TEXTILE INDUSTRY AT PANIPAT
The textile history of Panipat started after the partition of India and Pakistan, when the weaver's
community that was displaced from Hyderabad, a state in Pakistan was facilitated to settle in Panipat by
the Government of Punjab, on the directions of Mahatma Gandhi. The following chronology presents the
milestones of growth of the textile industry since then:
1947: Initially, these workers used to work with a frame loom of two treadles and manufacture 'Khes' and
'Durries' of coarse hand spun cotton yarn. The main markets for their fabric were in Assam, Bihar and
Bengal.
1948: The National Textiles and the