Apparel exports from India, has witnessed positive growth of almost 13 per cent in the last six months. A Sakhtivel said this at a workshop of expert working group on content development and training strategy for effective implementation of DISHA AEPC.  He added, "India is definitely going to be the most preferred sourcing destination for the next five years because of the changing global sourcing dynamics.”

He pointed out that since we have the raw material strength and compliant factories hence many global brands are eyeing India as a sourcing destination. MNCs like Walmart and Zara have preferred to expand their merchandise sourcing from Coimbatore and other parts of India, which will fetch business worth $3 billion in 2013-14, as factory compliant manufacturing in India has surged.

In his inaugural address, Chairman AEPC stated that the Indian apparel industry aims to chart for itself a course to make India a preferred and chosen destination for the global textile and Apparel Trade and DISHA providing this platform to achieve sustainable competitiveness which is an important strategy for growth.

To ensure robustness and credibility of the critical elements of the programme, i.e the code elements, the scope and approach of the capacity building interventions and assessment and strategy for global endorsement, the Project Implementation Committee of AEPC- DISHA has formed three expert working groups.

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