At
Textile Conclave 2013, Dr. A Sakthivel, Chairman, AEPC said that India’s
garment exports would be touching 60 US $ billion in the next 3 years, with the
help of Government support.
Dr. Sakthivel identified shortfall of labour to be
the biggest bottlenecks. Chairman AEPC informed that, “We are getting good
orders and have won the confidence of buyers. As a brand India we are
recognized everywhere but challenge is translating that leverage into the world
textiles global hub.” We are looking for skilled people in large number to meet
them. Definitely India will be number one in garment export. The one day
Textiles Conclave 2013 is the organized by the Ministry of Textiles. The Union
Textiles Minister inaugurated the conference in presence of Secretary Textiles
Smt. Zohra Chatterji and stakeholders of the Textiles Industry.
Apparel
exports grew to 31% for the month of October 2013. Export in dollar terms for
April-Oct. of the FY 2013-14 has increased by 15.5 per cent over the same
period of previous FY and reached to USD 8259 million however, in rupee terms
exports increased by 26.18 per cent compared to same period of last FY.
Lauding
the efforts of Textiles Minister Dr. K S Rao and Secretary Textiles, Smt Zohra
Chatterji , Dr Sakthivel stated that, “Today’s Textiles conclave is the first
conclave in the history of India. This is a mega platform where all
stakeholders from the Textiles industry, including policy matters,
industrialists and the Government, to usher the new era for the Indian Textiles
Industry. The issues that were discussions and deliberations and sharing of
prospective will surely fix the agenda of the textiles Industry. Bodies like
NTC, SRTEPC, EPCH, TEXPROCIL. SIMA, CMAI
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the partnering OF Textiles Conclave with CNBC TV 18 for the Textiles conclave
Chairman AEPC, stated that, there is also way to brand India through
international media tie-ups and promotions.
Speaking
on the Textiles Conclave 2013 Dr. K S Rao, the Union Textiles Minister stated
that, I am happy to participate in the Textiles Conclave. This is the golden
era of textiles in India and we have to work to make India hub of Textiles
exports. I don’t think it’s difficult to achieve the number 1 position. We have
the potential and capacity we need to just take care of skill training and
power availability.
Delivering
the inaugural address Secretary Textiles, Smt. Zohra Chatterji stated that, we
are building road map to move forward. The planned schemes are ready and we are
going full way to implement it. We have a strong raw material base, skilled
workforce and stringent compliant standards. Top brands and retails are eyeing
India as a sourcing destination. We have a large skill base to meet the growing
burgeoning demand the women need s to work for the longer hours and our role is
to make this possible.
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