AHMEDABAD: Gujarat Chief Minister, Vijay Rupani, together with Union Minister of Commerce and Industries, Suresh Prabhu and Union Minister of State – Agriculture, Parshottam Rupala, inaugurated Farm to Fashion: Indian Textile Global Summit-2018 in Ahmedabad on Friday. The three-day summit is organised via Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industries together with Maskati Cloth Merchants Association (MCMA).
During the inauguration ceremony, CM Rupani said, “The Garment Policy-2017 and the subsidy for apparel park will lead a new trail in the garment business in Gujarat. It is important to create a whole value-chain for the textile business in the state, in order that farmer producing cotton does now not need to stay up for exports and his produce will get fed on in the state itself.”
CM additionally hailed the theme of ‘Farm to Fashion’ and said it'll cross a long way in shaping the way forward for textile business. Echoing a equivalent view, Prabhu additionally emphasized on coming up with a right kind ecosystem in the state in order that the business can generate extra employment. He additionally shared the federal government’s plans to push Khadi as a globally approved fabric.
“We need to advertise Khadi as a globally approved fibre and are making targeted efforts towards this. We have requested the Indian Institutes of Fashion Technology (IIFT) to paintings on a new direction in this, which can be launched soon. Side via facet, we are also exploring global markets for Khadi together with Australia and South Africa. We additionally need to encourage FDI in this section,” said Prabhu.
Highlighting the significance of farmers as probably the most keys of the textile value-chain, Rupala, said, “The concept to believe farming as an financial job and hyperlink it with the marketplace for higher budget was once first idea via Prime Minister Modi and there have been trustworthy efforts put as much as ensure that the income of the farmers will get doubled the result of which are gradually noticed.”
During the inauguration ceremony, CM Rupani said, “The Garment Policy-2017 and the subsidy for apparel park will lead a new trail in the garment business in Gujarat. It is important to create a whole value-chain for the textile business in the state, in order that farmer producing cotton does now not need to stay up for exports and his produce will get fed on in the state itself.”
CM additionally hailed the theme of ‘Farm to Fashion’ and said it'll cross a long way in shaping the way forward for textile business. Echoing a equivalent view, Prabhu additionally emphasized on coming up with a right kind ecosystem in the state in order that the business can generate extra employment. He additionally shared the federal government’s plans to push Khadi as a globally approved fabric.
“We need to advertise Khadi as a globally approved fibre and are making targeted efforts towards this. We have requested the Indian Institutes of Fashion Technology (IIFT) to paintings on a new direction in this, which can be launched soon. Side via facet, we are also exploring global markets for Khadi together with Australia and South Africa. We additionally need to encourage FDI in this section,” said Prabhu.
Highlighting the significance of farmers as probably the most keys of the textile value-chain, Rupala, said, “The concept to believe farming as an financial job and hyperlink it with the marketplace for higher budget was once first idea via Prime Minister Modi and there have been trustworthy efforts put as much as ensure that the income of the farmers will get doubled the result of which are gradually noticed.”
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