A new textile committee has been formed under the Chairmanship of Suresh Halwankar, BJP MLA from Ichalkaranji, a textile-town in Kolhapur district to effectively implement the textile policy. The previous committee consisted of national and state level textile institutions, business associations and bureaucrats; the new one has only bureaucrats except Halwankar, a second time MLA.The departments of textile, industry, power, labour and environment are associated with the textile policy. Secretaries of these departments have been retained as members of the new committee. The new committee will prepare a review of the textile policy within 100 days to rope in foreign direct investment in the textile sector.
