At a recently conducted roadshow for ‘Textiles India-2017’ in Panipat, Union Textiles Minister of India, Smriti Zubin Irani, appealed the textile entrepreneurs to participate in the mega event for the textile and apparel industry, which is going to be organized in Gandhinagar, Gujarat from June 30 to July 2, 2017.
Irani highlighted the fact that only textile industry has noticed an increase of 20 per cent in the last five years, while the handloom industry is presently worth approximately Rs. 37,000 crore in both home and overseas markets.
The Minister also requested Transport Minister Krishan Lal Panwar and MP Ashwini Chopra to address the grievances and note the suggestions of entrepreneurs regarding the local issues and try to solve them.She even asked the ministers to discuss matters furtherwith Manohar Lal Khatter, Chief Minister of Haryana, for fruitful results.
Panwar mentioned, “Panipat is well-known and appreciated all over the world for its handloom industry. We always try to encourage more and more people to indulge in this sector and to boost them, we tend to provide them the best of facilities, and for the same, the state government also implemented Enterprises Promotion Policy.” Further, he added that the suggestions submitted by industrial organizations for improvement of facilities and resolving of local issues would be given due consideration by the State Government.”
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Also, the Central Government will soon set up a facilitation centre for textiles and handloom industry with state-of-the-art facilities including a laboratory in Panipat. The Textiles Minister also visited the cotton nylon and coir manufacturing unit in the district.
