The Indian textiles (and clothing) sector is witnessing interventions in scores of industrial and artisan clusters. The institutions involved in interventions include: the Textiles Committee - a pioneer, several Central and State Government institutions and agencies such as those under the aegis of the DCSSI such as NISIET and SISI. EDI, IL&FS and various offices of the Ministry of Textiles, Technical Consultancy Organisations and Entrepreneurship Development institutions, and also the Handlooms Department of State Governments.While UNIDO has been catalysing pioneering interventions, several other international organisations such as the DFID, GTZ and the World Bank – SIDBI-WB Project Management Division are also progressively supporting cluster based interventions. A critical reason for a poor track-record of interventions in some `textiles’ clusters is the dearth of adequate frames of reference and checklist of appropriate diagnostic and interventionary tools. This volume serves to plug these lacunae.