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Food, clothing and shelter are the basic needs of human beings. The requirement of cloth to the human beings is to protect themselves from light, wind and rain. The vision of the manufacture of clothes was sophisticated. The cotton spinning and weaving and cloth manufacturing were always emphasized in India. Indian historical evidence testifies this. Large number of handloom units was established in India before 1600A.D. The handloom industry in India is, by far the largest cottage industry with having high employment potential. It provides employment to millions of artisan weavers and is only second to agriculture in providing livelihood. The grasamer silk of Varanasi, fine muslin of Deccan and Patola of Baroda and other fabrics of Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Karnataka, Manipur, Orissa and Tamilnadu have been famous for ages. The cotton textile products have become indispensable for all sections of people through out the world. The industry has been emerging as a highly organized one in almost all countries today. In fact, many countries have made a significant progress in manufacture of cotton textile products. In order to provide adequate clothing to the growing global population, several countries have been going in a big was by taking more land under cotton crop cultivation and thereby to increase the production and productivity in the cotton textile industry. The textile industry is the single largest foreign exchange earner for India. Currently it accounts for about 8 % of GDP, 20 % of the industrial production and over 30 % of export earnings of India and it have only 2-3 % import intensity. About 38 million people are gainfully employed with the industry making it the second largest employment providing sector after agriculture. In this article examine the performance of spinning mills in terms of manpower employment in Prakasam District of Andhra Pradesh.