A delegation from the Southern India Mills’ Association (SIMA) met the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu and urged the state government to address power-related issues affecting the textile sector.
Raising concerns over the sharp increase in power costs and certain decisions related to non-conventional energy, SIMA appealed to the state government to immediately address several issues.
These include withdrawing the collection of network charges for rooftop solar power generation as per the High Court order, keeping the collection of arrears of deemed demand charges in abeyance until the final order by the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (APTEL), and freezing demand charges at the existing rate of Rs. 608 per kVA per month for a period of three years.
The delegation also requested the state government to allocate adequate funds and expedite the implementation of the PM MITRA Park Scheme, the Tamil Nadu Integrated Textile Policy, and other textile sector initiatives.
The delegation was composed of Ravi Sam, Vice Chairman of The Cotton Textiles Export Promotion Council (TEXPROCIL), T. Rajkumar, former chairman of SIMA; Ashwin Chandran, chairman of Confederation of Indian Textile Industry (CITI) and S. Krishnakumar, Deputy Chairman of SIMA; K. Sivaraj, Vice Chairman of SIMA; and Dr. K. Selvaraju, secretary general of SIMA.
