Chandigarh

Govt to provide facilities to give boost to footwear industry: Khattar

PNS

In a bid to give impetus to the footwear industry of the State, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar lal on Friday said that the State Government would provide sufficient facilities to the manufacturers of footwear industry machinery in the Footwear Park being developed at Kharkhoda.

The Chief Minister said this, after inaugurating Footwear Pavilion of Haryana in India International Footwear Fair (IIFF-2018) organised by Confederation of Indian Footwear Industries (CIFI) in New Delhi.

He said that to make the footwear industry self-sufficient, adequate facilities would be provided to the manufacturers for the installation of units of footwear industry machinery in this footwear park, at Kharkhoda.

A large footwear industry center in the country is already established in Bahadurgarh in Haryana, he added.

Manohar lal said that Haryana ranks 5th in the country in terms of exports and in terms of Ease of Doing Business, Haryana has positioned itself to third rank in the country and first in North India.

Overall 300 units participating in India International Footwear Fair and about 80 participating units are from Haryana.