Smriti Zubin Irani , Minister of Textiles made some important announcements at the stake holders meeting for knitting and knitwear sector development, held on June 12, 2019 at Udyog Bhawan in New Delhi.
The decisions made included a sanction of Rs 50 crore capital for the knitwear industry and opening of new knitwear sectors at Tirupur, Kolkata, Ludhiana and Surat. The ministry also decided to clear all the pending cases of TUFS from the Office of the Textile Commissioner besides training one lakh workers under the Samarth Scheme.
HKL Magu, Chairman, and A Sakthivel, Vice Chairman, AEPC attended the meeting and submitted memorandum on behalf of industry in this regard.
