Dehradun, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat met the representatives of the Apparel (Textile) Export Promotion Council, Government of India at the secretariat on Monday. He emphasized on promoting the textile industry in the state as well as focus on greater job creation in the region. He further said that the state government plans to encourage such small industries in the interiors and increase per capita income in the hilly regions of the State. He said that small units of textile industry can be established in such areas.
A MoU between the Uttarakhand Government and the Apparel Training and Designing Center (ATDC) for Kashipur Fashion Design Center was agreed upon and will be signed soon. The skill development department will conduct several programmes for developing skills as per the requirement of the textile industry in the design center.
Apparel (textile) Export Promotion Council members also discussed establishing garment . The Chief Minister instructed officers to examine all things necessary for the establishment of Apparel (textiles) units in the state.
Chief Secretary Utpal Kumar Singh, Principal Secretary Manisha Panwar, Secretary Amit Negi, Saujanya, Dr. Pankaj Kumar Pandey AEPC and ATDC chairman HKL Magu, ATDC General Manager Gopal Krishan Bhasin, AEPC additional Secretary General V. Anil Kumar, industry director Sudhir Nautiyal were present.
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