Surat: Textile weavers urge government to review QCO orders for polyester yarn owing to a scarcity of high-quality yarn in India

Surat: Powerloom weavers in the country’s biggest man-made fibre (MMF) textile hub, Surat, have asked for a reassessment of BIS-mandated QCO directives on polyester yarn.
Ved Road Art Silk Small Scale Co-op Federation Limited has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi asking him to reconsider the BIS standards on Polyester Yarn, citing the evenness of FDY MMF Yarn and the inability of frontline spinners in Surat and India to produce yarn that meets the high standards in other countries.
Weavers argue that evenness of the yarn is critical for generating world-class fabrics. To manufacture the greatest quality fabric and clothes, the coefficient of variation (CV) should be kept to a minimum. The majority of textile manufacturing nations maintain the highest yarn quality standards. The evenness of the yarn is at its peak. It is beyond the capabilities of front-line spinners in Surat or elsewhere in India to make Yarns of this quality and quantity in order to fulfil the needs of weavers.
MMF Textile accounts for 75% of overall textile production in the nation. The Central Government’s implementation of mandatory QCO orders on polyester yarn as per BIS standards on July 3, 2023 is poised to harm a huge number of weavers since front line spinners are breaking the BIS requirements and giving unequal yarn material to the weavers.
Polyester yarn’s main qualities include denier, tenacity, elongation, and shrinkage in boiling water. This property is very important in the final usage of the fabric and textile.Twisted yarn and zero twisted yarn are used in the weaving industry to make fabric, clothing, and technical textiles.
Major technical textiles and high-end textiles are made using zero-twisted yarn. When zero twisted yarn is used to make textiles, the yarn quality must be of the greatest calibre. If the coefficient of variation is not carefully maintained at the lowest level, the fabric’s functioning will suffer.
More than 1.25 lakh powerlooms of high-speed equipment have been installed in south Gujarat with the assistance of the Government of India, at a cost of Rs 35,000 crore. More than 1 lakh households rely on the textile weaving industry.