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The Textile Ministry is looking to introduce a revamped Technology Mission on Cotton said Textile Commissioner Kavita Gupta. The mission will have four parts. The first two will deal with cotton productivity and will come under the Agriculture Ministry. The third and fourth missions will be under the Textile Ministry. This initiative is to give a thrust to the cotton sector.

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The TECHNOTEX 2016 was inaugurated today in Mumbai at Bombay Convention &Exhibition Centre by Santosh Kumar Gangwar, union minister of textiles and Dr. Kavita Gupta, Textile Commissioner, Ministry of Textiles. The event was marked with the formation of Taiwan Pavilion jointly by Taiwan Composites Association and Taiwan Textile Federation & the Bureau of Foreign Trade.

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Confirming the Government’s initiative to boost the textile sector, Textile Commissioner Kavita Gupta, said that the government is planning to revive textile parks currently remained un-operational. The government is committed to extend all possible supports to the textile sector to exploit the potential lies in both domestic and international markets. She also confirmed that investment won’t be hindrance to the plan.

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Textile Commissioner, Kavita Gupta speaking at the inauguration of joint technological conference of textile research associations said that textile industry need to focus on reviving technology and skills to bring the productivity levels of the industry at global standards and reinstate its higher share in the global trade.

She further said that the future of textile industry is going to be technical textiles. In the last five years, there had been 20 percent growth year-on-year in this segment. The sector should aim to be 40 percent of the country’s textile industry.

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Kavita Gupta, Textile Commissioner, at the inauguration of the joint technological conference of textile research associations on Wednesday said that the Union Government has allocated Rs.17.40 crore this financial year for setting up incubation centres for technical textiles.

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The Ministry of Textiles first stage of the project on direct transfer of funds to cotton farmers’ accounts will be rolled out in Arvi taluk, Wardha district of Maharashtra, on an experimental basis, if the price of cotton drops below the Minimum Support Price (MSP), said Textile Commissioner, Kavita Gupta.

The taluk was identified for the project as land documents are digitised and the Agriculture Produce Market Committee has better infrastructure. They are evolving a mechanism to make the payment directly to the farmers. They are still working on procedural modalities, she said.

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With the textile industry’s strong demand to reduce hank yarn obligation, the Textile Commissioner, Kavita Gupta plans to take up a study of the actual hank yarn requirement in the country. She said that they are also trying to create a data base for different segments of the textile industry.

Regarding the Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme (TUFS), Ms. Gupta said that there was a proposal to modify the scheme and the review was under progress.