Ministry of Textiles (MoT), Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME), and National Textile Corporation (NTC) have signed an MoU to establish a Technology Centre in Kanpur. Kalraj Mishra, Union Minister of MSME; Santosh Kumar Gangwar, Minister of State for Textiles (I/C); and Murli Manohar Joshi, MP, Kanpur were present at the occasion. As per the MoU, Ministry of MSME will fund the project, and NTC will provide the land in a closed, unviable mill. The Technology Centre would provide support in manufacturing of quality tools that would improve productivity of MSMEs and enable them to become competitive in national and international markets. It would also provide trained manpower and consultancy in related areas.
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Management of this centre will be through a Governing Council where Development Commissioner, MSME will be the Chairman and MoT representative, Cochair. Benefits to MoT include skilling of youth in textile sector, thus providing requisite skilled manpower to the textile industry. Since National Textile Corporation is moving forward towards modernization, expansion and integration, the setting up of the Technology Centres would be immensely beneficial to NTC as well.
