NIFT to spend Rs 30 crore on national sizing survey for garments

By

Maverick Martins

Published
Mar 1, 2018

The National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) will invest Rs 30 crore (approx $4.6 million) to conduct a national sizing survey in the country that will help come up with a standardised 'India size chart' for ready-made garments.
 

NIFT has got the nod from the central government to carry out the survey and will be measuring around 25000 male and female Indians across the country.
 
The project will be majorly funded by the textile ministry and it will take approximately two to three years to complete the survey.

"Indian apparel industry uses size charts which are tweaked versions of size charts of other countries so returns of the garments are in the range of 20 to 40 per cent and is increasing with the growth of e-commerce and the main reason for returns are poor garment fit," the Textiles Ministry said in a statement.
 
"The NIFT had been toying with this idea since 2006. But you can say the stars finally aligned, and with the support of the Ministry of Textiles, we are ready for this exercise. Of the Rs 30 crore (approx $4.6 million), the ministry will give Rs 21 crore (approx $3.3 million) and the NIFT will pitch in with about Rs 9 crore (approx $1.4 million)," NIFT Director General Sarada Muraleedharan added.
 
Till date 14 countries have successfully completed national sizing surveys: the US, Canada, Mexico, the UK, France, Spain, Germany, Korea, China and Australia.