The Ministry of Textiles launched a comprehensive scheme for development of knitting and knitwear sector under the “PowerTex India” and Union Minister of Textiles Ms Smriti Zubin Irani connected through video conferencing. Special secretary textiles and textile commissioner were also present on the occasion.
Regional Office of the Textile Commissioner, Amritsar, was also connected for creating awareness and dissemination of the schemes under “PowerTex India” for knitting and knitwear sector among entrepreneurs and stakeholders of Ludhiana cluster.
The Union Minister launched the scheme by releasing a booklet and screening a film for development of knitting and knitwear sector. Component of the schemes were group workshed, yarn bank, common facility centre, solar energy scheme and “Mudra yojana,” among others. The scheme would be in operation up to March 31, 2020.
Ms Irani agreed to the need to have a knitwear quality mark. She also assured to join the concept of Knitwear University with the existing “Samarth scheme” of the Ministry of Textiles.
Mr Mahesh Khanna, General Manager, DIC Ludhiana; AK Dhawan, Assistant Director, Textile Committee, Ludhiana; Mr Vinod Thapar, president, Knitwear and Textile Club, Ludhiana; and Mr Vineet Gupta, general secretary, Rahon Road Textile Association, Ludhiana, among others also participated in the event.
