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Related Keywords: apparel export industry, award for excellence in global exports for apparel sector, Chairman AEPC, good quality products aided by innovative design, initiatives announced by government, Integrated Skill development Scheme, poised to register positive grow, Rajani, start ups and SMEs, winners asked to be mentors

The apparel export industry is poised to grow in 2017 with the initiatives announced by the government along with the good quality products aided by innovative design prowess will drive the change for the industry. Ashok Rajani, Chairman AEPC said in the evening of the award for excellence in global exports for apparel sector.

The growth will also help in meeting the target of Rs. 6000 crore and create 1 crore jobs set up by Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, in a special package for the Apparel Export Industry.

Related Keywords: generate employment opportunities for textile workers, increasing production of textiles garments, Integrated Skill development Scheme, launched various scheme, Ministry of textile, Santosh Kumar Gangwar, SITP, strengthen textile sector, TUFS, various policy interventions

Minister of State(Independent Charge) in the Ministry of Textiles Santosh Kumar Gangawar in a reply during question hour in the Lok Sabha informed today that government has launched Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme(TUFS), Schemes for the development of the Powerloom sector, Schemes for Technical textiles, Scheme for Integrated Textile Parks(SITP) and Integrated Skill Development Scheme.

He said that the production of textiles and garments was predominantly in the private sector. Therefore, the government does not prescribe targets for the textile and garment Industry.

Related Keywords: centre of excellence for medical textile, disposable products, extend technical guidance, incubation facility, Integrated Skill development Scheme, new ventures in medical textile, set up a centre at SIPCOT, SITRA, textile processing units, textile products used in medical sector, tie-ups with some overseas universities

South India Textile Research Association (SITRA), a centre of excellence for medical textiles in Coimbatore to support new ventures in medical textiles will commission an incubation facility in another three months. The dedicated incubation centre for medical textiles (textile products used in the healthcare sector) is set up at a cost of Rs. 2 crore and it can incubate two units at a time for a period of six months to two years , said Prakash Vasudevan, director of SITRA.

Related Keywords: increase market share, Indian textile industry, Integrated Skill development Scheme, national workshop, need six crore skilled people, Santosh Gangwar, scaleup production, training programmes linked with microfinance, Union Minister of state for textile

Union Minister of State for Textile, Santosh Gangwar addressing a national workshop on Integrated Skill Development Scheme in New Delhi on Thursday said the Indian textile industry needs a total of six crore skilled people by 2022.

Gangwar, underscoring the importance of skill development said that the new government under the leadership of Hon’ble Prime Minister Narendra Modi has brought change in mind set. The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship is a step in this direction.

Related Keywords: apparel, Brand Malegaon, buyer seller meet, Integrated Skill development Scheme, Malegaon park, MIMA, Ministry of textile, National Institute of Fashion Technology, readymade garment, Textile cluster

The ministry of textiles, through its regional office, Navi Mumbai, is hosting a two-day buyer-seller meet for the first time for creating ‘Brand Malegaon’. Though the ministry has organized such meeting at various textile clusters at regular intervals, this is the first time that such an event is being organized in Malegaon. It is a move to boost the efforts of the textile commissioner's office, in association with Malegaon Industries' & Manufacturers' Association (MIMA).

Related Keywords: Integrated Skill development Scheme, Ministry of Textiles

Centre gives approval under Integrated Skill Development Scheme (ISDS) of the Ministry of Textiles for upgrading skill of 4,260 persons. The J&K State’s proposal, which was recently approved by a High-Powered Committee of the Union Textile Ministry, sees skill up-gradation of 4,260 youth at a total cost of Rs. 9.24 crore during the 12th Five Year Plan under Component 1. The scheme will be implemented by the Indian Institute of Carpet Technology (IICT). The Minister of State for Industries & Commerce, Sajjad Ahmad Kichloo, has welcomed the approval.