Rajya Sabha passes FDDI Bill; move aims to push leather and footwear sectors

New Delhi, July 24 (KNN) Giving a push to leather and footwear sector in the country, “Rajya Sabha today passed the FDDI Bill aiming to declare Footwear Design & Development Institute (FDDI) as an institute of national importance.

In a tweet, Commerce Ministry said, “Push to Footwear & leather sector via high quality research & edu. @nsitharaman moves bill to declare FDDI as Institute of Nat'l importance”.

Commerce & Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said, “The 12 campuses are well-spread. Seven campuses including Kolkata and Chennai are fully functional, and five more will come up soon.

The  FDDI went through tough phase from 2012-14. The then government converted the Rajasthan institute as State University. That error committed in 2012 was corrected by the Modi government, she said.

The Lok Sabha was expected to discuss The Banking Regulation (Amendment) Bill, 2017,  The Central Road Fund (Amendment) Bill, 2017, and The Indian Institutes of Information Technology (Amendment) Bill, 2017. But the House was adjourned for the day. (KNN Bureau)