Union Textiles Minister of India Santosh Kumar Gangwar has inaugurated the Apparel and Garment Making Centre in Dimapur, Nagaland. Appreciating the support from Nagaland Government, he said that the Centre belongs to the people of this state.

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On the occasion, the Minister mentioned the core objective of this project – which is to develop entrepreneurship in apparel manufacturing among the local youth and to provide employment to the people locally at these centres. He said that the apparel centres is a small yet significant step in the direction of increasing export share of apparel and garments in overall export of textiles and clothing.

Gangwar also laid the foundation stone for Muga P3 Basic Seed Station Kobulong, Mokokchung and launched the newly approved Integrated Eri Silk Development Project, under North Eastern Region Textile Promotion Scheme (NERTPS), for women empowerment and sustainable livelihood in Kohima. He pointed out that these projects will support silk production in all three varieties of silk i.e. Eri, Muga and Mulberry, from plantation to finished product to marketing. The projects are expected to help about 5,000 farmers engaged in plantation of silk and would increase the overall production of quality silk by three times through various interventions.

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Hailing the inauguration of the three projects, T. R. Zeliang, Chief Minister, Nagaland said that these developments would help in skilling Naga youths in becoming professional entrepreneurs.