Skilling the labour is priority on the agenda of industry and the Government, and modernisation and rapid growth vital for the export-based textile industry depend solely on the progress of this new drive. An ITJ Report sizes up the mission of this skilling spree
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Growth Programme 2015, run by Department of Science and Technology (DST), the Government of India, Lockheed Martin Corporation, USA, Indo-US Science and Technology Forum (USSTF), Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI)
Julferkar Ali Bhutto, a student of the Apparel Training & Design Centre (ATDC), has got a chance to represent India at the ´43rd World Skills Competition´ to be held in Sao Paulo, Brazil, from August 11-16, 2015.
A new textile policy is on the anvil and it will lay the roadmap for the sector for the next 15 years, said Union Minister of Textiles Santosh Gangwar after inaugurating the 4th edition of Technotex 2015. Organized by the Ministry of Textiles & FICCI, Technotex 2015 was held at Mumbai, the financial capital of India, between April 9-11, 2015.
Converting sector is much needed for growing the technical textiles sector. Sushil Kapoor, President and CEO of Technical Textiles Business at SRF Limited, India emphasised the need for value addition in technical textiles sector while speaking at the recent Technotex International conference organised by FICCI with the support from Government of India in Mumbai.
Union Minister of State for Textiles Santosh Gangwar said the national textile policy will be finalized soon and it is likely to be ready by the month of April. Speaking to Indian Textile Journal, Gangwar said, ?The national textile policy will be finalised soon. May be at the end of April.?
The Hon?ble Minister was apprised that while Textile Industry was expecting a strong focus from the Government, however, there was no mention of it and nothing was done in the Budget to improve the health of the Textile sector.