Tamil Nadu, a leading textile state, is now having thrust on home textile sector too.
Addressing a regional MSME meet in Tirupur, MK Stalin, Chief Minister of the state, announced that the production of home textiles would be included in the ‘thrust sector’ to provide a special capital subsidy.
The move to include home textiles in the thrust sector was made after considering the demand placed by the MSMEs.
In Tamil Nadu, Coimbatore, Erode and Salem are the leading hubs of various home textile products.
The home textile in the state yields an annual revenue of Rs. 8,000 crore besides generating Rs. 4,000 crore through exports. Inclusion of home textiles under the thrust sector will benefit many companies as well as the workers.
The CM also announced that an export facilitation centre would be established in all districts under the respective district industries centre (DIC).
“The industrial growth should be focused not just on Chennai or any other specific city.All districts must witness consistent and equitable growth and that is why investor’s conclaves were organised in southern and western districts,” he said.
