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sunrise sector, aligning with the government’s focus on
Aatma Nirbhar Bharat. He mentioned that Maharashtra’s
Textile Policy is aimed at generating 10 lakh new jobs;
attracting investments worth Rs. 36,000 crores, and pro-
viding many benefits including competitive power tariff
and increased capital subsidy.
Comparing the penetration of Technical Textile in Indian
textile industries with that in global markets, Joint Secre-
tary, Ministry of Textiles, Govt. of India, Rajeev Saxena;
Textiles Commissioner Roop Rashi; Vice Chairman, Indi-
an Technical Textile Association (ITTA), Avinash Misar;
and Chairman & Mentor, FICCI Technotex SME Organiz-
ing Committee & Chairman, Mohan Kavrie also addressed
the occasion. The Ministry and the industry look forward
to more than 15,000 business visitors in Feb 2023 and a
huge interaction with user industries within the Govern-
ment of India as well as abroad, including all diplomats
and CEOs and so on, at the decadal edition of the event.

Shilp Guru and National Awards
conferred to master craftspersons

Our craftsmen are India's ambassador of heritage to the
world, said Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar, Hon’ble Vice Presi-
dent of India, while addressing the Shilp Guru and Nation-
al Awards organised by Ministry of Textiles here today.
Ventures, promote knowledge exchange on best practic- Shri Dhankhar said that India is on the rise as never be-
es and develop capacities of entrepreneurial ecosystem fore. “We are the most favoured destination globally for
for startups”. The curtain raiser was organized to brief the investment and opportunity. And the craftspersons asso-
Foreign Missions in India, Media Houses and the leading ciated with handicrafts and handloom sector have played
Technical Textile industry about the significance of the their role in this growth,” he said. Talking about the crafts-
event, the importance the ministry accords to the sector manship and skills of the artisans, Hon’ble VP said that
and to set the chord for meaningful deliberations in mak- such refined skills make India proud.
ing the summit fruitful.
The Minister exhorted the industry representatives to tap
the potential of the growing global technical textile mar-
ket. “The robust global market is waiting for the industry
as both domestic consumption and export are expected
to grow rapidly. It is very important that we build a strong
connect with the global industry, attract domestic and glo-
bal investments as well as project India’s strengths, initi-
atives and facilities”.

The Minister of State for Textiles informed that the Gov-
ernment is making all efforts to promote Technical Tex-
tiles and has undertaken various initiatives in this direc-
tion, such as creation of PLI scheme, HSN Codes, Na-
tional Technical Textiles Mission. “The end-usage of Tech- “The craftspersons are the beacon of our culture. I am
nical Textiles products covers a wide array of industries, privileged to indicate you are the most forceful and im-
thereby presenting plethora of opportunities as a high value pactful embers of our culture & creativity. You indicate to
sector in India”. the world, the enormous skills that India possesses,” he
said.
Textiles Minister for Government of Maharashtra Chan-
drakant Patil said that the Technical Textile sector is one The Shilp Guru and National Awards to master craftper-
of the key constituents of the Indian economy and a niche sons were distributed for the year 2017, 2018 and 2019.

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