Panipat - Industries

Industries

Panipat is a city of textiles and carpets. It is the biggest centre for quality blankets and carpets in India and has a handloom weaving industry. In addition, Panipat city is the biggest centre of "Shoddy Yarn" in the World. Blankets prepared through Handloom and Power loom are sent to soldiers. The Samalkha subdivision of this district is famous for Foundry of Agriculture instruments. In this way, this district, which is continuously developing on the industrial base, has an unlimited employment capacity. Not only from Haryana but Businessmen and Engineers and unemployed worker artist Weavers and labour from other states of India visit here in search of employment and settle here permanently.

Panipat also has heavy industry, with a refinery of the Indian Oil Corporation, a National Thermal Power Corporation power plant and a National Fertilizers Limited plant.

Some salient features of industry in Panipat include:

• Three major public sector projects: the Indian Oil Corporation oil refinery, the National Fertilizers Limited plant and the thermal power station.
• Biggest centre in the country for producing shoddy (recycled) yarn, and a large consumer of rags for reprocessing.
• Biggest centre in the country for producing low priced blankets, a traditional supplier of barrack blankets to the armed forces.
• Biggest centre in the country engaged in export of cotton durries, made-ups, throws and mats.
• Samalkha, a small town near Panipat, is known for foundry work and supply of agricultural machinery to neighbouring Uttar Pradesh.
• Relatively high wages compared to the Indian national average – a worker earns Rs.100/- to 250/- per day on Handloom/ Powerloom.
• The town has infrastructure such as rail, road and inland container depots well suited to industry and export.
• It has Many Textile Courses and one of the main institute is Institute of Practical Textile Training (IPTT), Branch of SRSK Group.