The Government of India held the annual conference of state textiles ministers November 4, 2015 to assess the existing position and formulate strategy for exploiting the potential of the textile sector. The Conference was chaired by Santosh Kumar Gangwar, Minister of State for textiles.
Ministers in charge of textiles from nine states including Bismita Gogoi (Assam), Chander Prakash (Jammu & Kashmir), H. Rohluna (Mizoram), Amenba Yaden (Nagaland), Snehangini Chhuria (Odisha), Gajendra Singh Khimsar (Rajasthan), S. Gokul Indira (Tamil Nadu), Brahma Sankar Tripathi (Uttar Pradesh), Jupally Krishna Rao (Telangana) and B.D. Chakma (Mizoram) attended the conference. Apart from ministers of these nine states, senior officials of 16 other states too participated in the conference.
Addressing the delegates, Gangwar said that since the last conference in September 2014, the government has intensified its focus on improving governance and service delivery to the common man in the textile sector. He said that to this end, the government has endeavoured to maintain close liaison with state governments for supporting the textile industry, with a view to promoting production and employment in various segments of the sector.
He also highlighted successful initiatives in the areas of textile parks, apparel and garment making centres in the North Eastern Region, handloom promotion, cotton procurement, skill development and turnaround of National Textiles Corporation, to name a few. He invited suggestions from the states in meeting national development goals the nation has set for itself.
The minister also launched the revamped website of the Ministry of Textiles: texmin.nic.in. The redesigned website is more user-friendly, allowing for easy navigation; it is disabled-friendly and has multi-language support as well. The website provides information on all aspects of the textile sector, such as sectoral developments, schemes, initiatives and has links to all attached offices, subordinate offices, PSUs, statutory bodies and export promotion councils under the ministry.
S. K. Panda, Secretary (Textiles) gave a brief presentation on various schemes, programmes and initiatives being undertaken by the ministry, for the promotion of Indian textile sector. He outlined the vision and strategy of the government for the textile sector, based on the philosophy of ‘Sabka Saath Sabka Vikaas’. He also highlighted achievements of the ministry.
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