UP Singh, Secretary Textiles, VK Singh, Additional Secretary, Joint Secretaries, DC Handicrafts and other senior officials of the Ministry participated in the meeting. VK Singh made a detailed presentation giving an overview of the entire textiles sector. The Ministers were briefed about the broad contours of Indian textiles sector.
Union Minister of Textiles Commerce & Industry, Piyush Goyal has said that by enhancing productivity of local artisans & domestic industry, we will realise the vision of an Atmanirbhar Bharat under the leadership of PM Narendra Modi.
The Minister said that textiles sector has great potential and it should be realised by using innovations, latest technology and facilitations.
He, along with Minister of State for Textiles Darshna Jardosh, holds an in-depth review of initiatives undertaken by Ministry of Textiles for giving a boost to the textiles sector.
UP Singh, Secretary Textiles, VK Singh, Additional Secretary, Joint Secretaries, DC Handicrafts and other senior officials of the Ministry participated in the meeting.
VK Singh made a detailed presentation giving an overview of the entire textiles sector. The Ministers were briefed about the broad contours of Indian textiles sector.
The Minister also expressed confidence that there will be a big growth in this sector. He asked the concerned officials to think and undertake necessary measures for increasing income of people employed in textiles, put efforts to bring consistency in quality of handloom and eliminate child labour from the textiles sector.
It was informed in the meeting that textiles, which is one of the oldest industries in India, contributes 2.3 per cent to Indian GDP, 7 per cent of the industrial output, 12 per cent to the export earnings of India and employs more than 45 million persons (direct) which is 21 per cent of total employment.
India is the 6th largest producer of technical textiles with 6 per cent global share (12 per cent CAGR), largest producer of cotton and jute in the world. Cotton production supports 5.8 million farmers and 40-50 million people in allied sectors. India is also the second largest producer of silk in the world and 95 per cent of the world’s hand woven fabric comes from India.
