Union Ministry of Textiles, India convened an industry meet with all textile industry associations at Coimbatore in which the Union Textiles Minister Smriti Zubin Irani participated and interacted with the stakeholders.
On behalf of textile associations, representing the entire textile value chain, a joint memorandum was submitted to the minister seeking to consider the various pleas.
The meeting took place during Irani’s two-day visit to the region. She also visited largest textile clusters in India viz., Erode, Tirupur and Coimbatore.
“Your visit would greatly motivate us to strengthen our manufacturing activities and achieve the vision set by your good self and the Hon’ble Prime Minister,” said textile representatives in a statement issued by SIMA.
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The industry representatives appreciated the Government for all the initiatives taken so far and also for providing long-term plans including the apparel and made-ups export package, Power Tex India scheme for powerlooms, revamping CCI’s commercial activities and more importantly organizing a mega international event, Textile India 2017, during June 30 to July 2, 2017 at Gandhinagar, Gujarat.