A new Baseline Survey of Powerloom Sector 2012 is in the offing.

The Ministry of Textiles has entrusted this project to AC Neilson ORG MARG. The exercise is being taken up at the national level and is to be completed in nine months.

Mr Mammen Thomas, Assistant Director at the Regional Office of the Textile Commissioner, Chinthamani Co-operative Super Market Complex here, has in a communication urged units in the powerloom sector to cooperate and provide the requisite information to officials of AC Neilson ORG MARG to help them prepare the report.

The survey will include information on installed and working capacity, technology and age of the machine, manpower and financial details.

“The information would be used in development planning and policy formulation,” Mr Thomas said.

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