India's footwear industry has recorded 40 per cent export growth during the last five years achieving US$ 1732.04 million in 2010-11 compared to US $1236.91 recorded during 2006-07.
To assist the development of footwear industry, the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) has two Central Footwear Training Institutes (CFTIs) located at Agra and Chennai.
Footwear suiting the demand of international market are already being made in India. There is an increasing trend of export of footwear from India. The total export of footwear from India during the last 5 years was:-
Value in Million US $
|
2006-07 |
2007-08 |
2008-09 |
2009-10 |
20010-11 |
|
1236.91 |
1489.35 |
1534.32 |
1507.59 |
1732.04 |
Source: DGCI&S, Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Apart from CFTIs, Footwear Design and Development Institute (FDDI) (under the Administrative Control of Ministry of Commerce & Industry) has set up Footwear Design Studio in its campus at Noida, Mumbai and Rae Bareli through which they are providing design input as well as other technical inputs to the footwear industry as and when required, a government release said.
Central Leather Research Institute (CLRI), Chennai (under the Administrative Control of Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Deptt. of Scientific and Industrial Research) has set up Shoe Design and Development Centre (SDDC) and Centre for Leather Apparel and Accessories Development (CLAD) through which they are offering translation of design innovations into products using CAD/CAM.
They also supply designs based on international demand to industry.
