INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH X 99

The garment industry in India is one of the best in the world. An extremely well organized sector, garment manufacturers, exporters, suppliers, stockiest and wholesalers are the gateway to an extremely enterprising clothing and apparel industry in India. India's readymade garments are extremely popular in the world over. The apparel and textile industry occupies a unique and important place in India. One of the earliest industries to come into existence in the country, the sector accounts for 14 % of the total Industrial production, conduces to about 30 % of the total exports and is the second largest employment creator after agriculture.Today, garments from India have made inroads into the international market for their durability, quality and beauty. Tirupur is the seventh largest city in Tamil Nadu and is one of the fastest developing cities in the state. Popularly referred to as "Dollar City " or "Small Japan " or “Banian City ” and it excels in knitted ready-made garments. The research work is undertaken on the title of “problems and prospects of garment industries in tirupur”. This was done by finding out the problems and prospects of garment industries in tirupur. The main objective of the research is to identify the problems existing in tirupur garment industries. Th