A big initiative for weavers of Varanasi will be announced next week. We have framed a complete project for Varanasi. Our secretary is going tomorrow. The Prime Minister will be there on 13th and 14th. We are going to announce a big project there. Weavers in other parts of the country are also facing problems and a new textiles policy will be formulated to give an overall thrust to the sector. The key objectives of the new Textiles Policy include developing a vision statement for the sector for the next decade so as to treble the market share from 4 per cent at present. Besides, it also aims to formulate a stable and fibre neutral raw materials policy to benefit the entire value chain and to address modernisation and mechanisation needs of the textile industry. The deliberation process is going on for the same. We have taken into consideration the opinions of state textiles ministers too.
Posted on: Fri, 10 Oct 2014 06:47:34 +0000