It seems that Karnataka is becoming more active towards textile industry as the State Government has decided to restructure the Handlooms and Textile Department. 145 skill development centres in the State would also be upgraded with the provision of hi-tech textile centre to offer skill development. It is being said that the Deputy Director post in the six divisional headquarters has been upgraded to Joint Director and 237 new posts of different cadres have been created to strengthen the divisional offices and to man the three new district offices of the department.
More posts are being sanctioned and also allowing it to open district offices in Chikballapur, Ramnagar and Yadgir districts and creating a separate division office for Hyderabad Karnataka.
Additionally, work of the Gulbarga Textile Park, which was pending, is now speeding up and expected to be complete by December next year. An international textile park is also being established in Yadgir district with an investment of Rs. 5,000 crore and CM Siddaramaiah will lay the foundation stone on September 25 in Yadgir.
