Facilitation Centre for textiles and handloom offering modern facilities such as world-class laboratory would be established in Haryana’s Panipat to facilitate entrepreneurs and weavers in the state.
This was announced by Union Textiles Minister, Smriti Zubin Irani, during Roadshow on Textiles India-2017 programme in Panipat on Monday.
During the roadshow, the Union Minister urged the entrepreneurs to participate in Textiles India-2017 event to be organised in Gandhinagar, Gujarat from June 30 to July 2. The event would be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Smriti said that the textiles industry was the only industry which had grown by up to 20 per cent in the last four to five years, and the handloom industry is presently valued at Rs 37,000 crore in terms of domestic and exports.
She urged state Transport Minister Krishan lal Panwar and MP Ashwini Chopra, to listen to the suggestions of entrepreneurs regarding local issues and hold discussion in this regard with Chief Minister, Manohar lal, to seek solutions.
Krishan lal Panwar apprized that district Panipat is recognised all over the world for its handloom industry.
With a view to encourage people to open more industries in the state and to provide them with the best facilities for this purpose, the State Government has implemented new Enterprises promotion Policy. The suggestions submitted by industrial organisations for improvement of facilities and resolving local issues would be given due consideration by the State Government, he added.
The Union Minister Smriti Irani also attended Amar Shaheed Ramesh Chandra Smriti Divas and district-level small loan and e-riksha distribution function, where she lauded the efforts being made by Haryana Government to improve the sex ratio, change the mindset of the people in favour of the girl child and to empower women under the ‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao’ programme.