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Related Keywords: boost ‘Make in Maharashtra’ plans, cotton-growing areas, garment and apparel sector, job creation potential, Maharashtra state government, policy will focus on setting up garment and apparel units, promote investments, set up common effluent treatment plants, value-addition to raw cotton, Vidarbha and Marathwada, working on niche policy

Maharashtra state government is working on a niche policy to promote investments in the garment and apparel sector, considering its job creation potential and boost its ‘Make in Maharashtra’ plans. The policy will focus on setting up garment and apparel units in the cotton-growing areas of Vidarbha and Marathwada, which are also known for agrarian distress and farmer suicides.

Related Keywords: Austin, Bengaluru based home textile major, cleared five investment proposal, Himatsingka Siede, home textile manufacturer, in diverse sectors, investment proposal cleared, job creation potential, Karnataka government, particiapate at international conference and business fair, team of women entrepreneurs, US

The Karnataka government on Wednesday cleared five investment proposals worth Rs.2,050 crore in diverse sectors with job creation potential for 3,532 people. The State Government will also be sending a team of 20 women entrepreneurs from Karnataka to participate in the three-day international conference and business fair at Austin, US from June 23. Additional chief secretary K Ratna Prabha will be leading the delegation.

One of the proposals cleared is Himatsingka Siede, a Bengaluru based home textile major proposal to invest 1,325 crore in Hassan to manufacture bed linen.