A. The government's recent efforts have concentrated on strengthening these ties.
B. The textile industry in India is one of the country's oldest, stretching back several centuries.
C. The textile business is immensely diverse, with hand-spun and hand-woven textiles at one end of the spectrum and capital-intensive modern mills at the other.
D. Its tight ties to agriculture (for raw materials such as cotton) and the country's old history and traditions in terms of textiles set it apart from other sectors in the country.