The Jharkhand pavilion to showcase textile and apparel products manufactured in Jharkhand by Jharkraft and Jharkhand Khadi Gram Udyog to various stakeholders in Apparel and textile industry at VASTRA– 2016 in Jaipur is getting huge response with umpteen footfall and curiosity by apparel manufacturers, designers and buying houses to understand the products and modalities to procure these products.
There were a number of B2G meetings which took place with wide range of preliminary proposals from Eclectic group. Discussions took place with AlINZ buying house, pertaining to branding and marketing of Jharkraft & Khadi products for both domestic and international buyers. Also, meetings with Nissenken to explore the possibility of setting up of testing & inspection facility for a variety of textile products and setting up of textile manufacturing facility by leading manufacturers namely JETEX were discussed.
The Government of Jharkhand is represented in the event by Director-industries, K Ravi Kumar, MD Jharkraft, members from Knowledge partner EY and event partner FICCI.
The Government of Jharkhand is participating in the VASTRA– 2016, an International Textile and Apparel Fair which is being organised by Rajasthan State Industrial Development and Investment Corporation ltd. (RIICO) and Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) to promote the apparel, textile & footwear industry of Jharkhand.
Vastra is an all-encompassing trade fair and conference on Textiles and Apparel, which presents an ideal platform for strategic alliances and partnerships to launch new products, and identify opportunities for the growth of the textile industry in India.
The event was inaugurated by the Minister of industries, Gajendra Singh, Government of Rajasthan The event is well represented by leading domestic and international textile manufacturers, designers, machine manufacturers and buying houses.
On the occasion, K Ravi Kumar, Director-Industries, made a presentation to the audience explaining the highlights of recently launched Textile, Apparel and Footwear policy by the State.
The presentation was followed by Q&A session wherein wide ranging issues were discussed related to start a manufacturing facility in Jharkhand, availability of industrial infrastructure, branding of Jharkraft and Khadi products etc.