The State Government has indicated that participating in first of its kind textile sector specific mega event will not only provide Jharkhand exposure to rest of the world but will also bless the State with a chance to demonstrate its existing and possible might in textile sector.
During a Road Show in the Capital City on Friday organized for the event which is scheduled to take place on June 30 -July 30 this year, Industries Director and Jharcraft Managing Director K Ravi Kumar said that the event was timely and desired platform to tell the world what Jharkhand had been doing in fields of textiles, its speciality Tasar and where it was destined to reach.
“Jharkhand is participating in the event as Focused State. We will provide free stalls to prospective Tasar producers in State. There will be special seminar session on Jharkhand on July 1 in the event in which producers can organize B-to-B meetings. Government is committed to provide all support to producers and traders in the event where world is going to converge to witness what India and its state like Jharkhand and others kept with them for the rest of the world as far as quality and quantity of silk and textiles as a product was concerned,” said K Ravi Kumar.
Organized by The Indian Silk Export Promotion Council (New Delhi), Central Tasar Research and Training Institute (Ranchi Chapter) and CII, the road-show demonstrated the size and scale of event to be organized in Gandhinagar (Gujrat). Six major conferences of international stature will be chaired by Union Cabinet Ministers, whereas State sessions will be chaired by respective Chief Ministers of the State. Apart from inauguration of exposition, the event will also have international roundtable conferences with 40 participating countries, and a special session on ASIAN and India trade in textiles.
Union Ministry of Textile Economic Advisor Babni lal, Indian Silk Export Promotion Council Senior Director Sanjeev Kumar Sharma, Jharcraft CEO Renu Gopinath Pannicker, Jharkhand State Khadi Board Chairman Sanjay Seth, Central Tasar Research and Training Institute (Ranchi Chapter) Director Ajit Kumar Sinha, and other officials of Tasar Institute were present in the road-show.
“The event will also bring all sectors such as handicraft, handloom, jute, apparel and fashion under a single roof. This will draw the attention of world leaders and attract foreign buyers and in the process will take Indian textiles on the global map,” said Babni lal. She added that there would be thematic display of textile and apparel, handicrafts products, dedicated pavilions for startups, skills, Research and Development, sustainability, best display and design supported by fashion shows.
Pannicker said that the India Textiles was going to be a platform where world would come to know that Jharkhand was also known for so many things other than mining, among which the textiles was going to lead the rest in near future.
“Jharkhand is the State which has developed probably the best textile policy in the country. Jharkhand produces around 3,000 Metric Tonnes of Tasar out of total production of little over 3,200 Metric ton in country at present. Jharkhand has all the possibilities to lead rest of the country in terms of textile production. This sector can provide as many as 20 lakh of jobs to those with no required qualification at all,” said Sanjay Seth.