New Delhi, Nov 28 (KNN) Vice President of India M Venkaiah Naidu has called for modernization of textile industry by proving required skill, investment and market to recapture India’s past glory in the textiles sector.

He was addressing the CITI Global Textiles Conclave 2018, organized to commemorate CITI Diamond Jubilee celebrations organized in the national capital.

Modernization of textile industry will be done by proving requited skill, investment and market to recapture India’s past glory in the textiles sector, he said.

Vice President said that the textile sector is the second largest employer after agriculture accounting for 21 per cent employment.

He said that Indian textile industry must take lead in industry 4.0 in view of the distinct advantage enjoyed by the country in the IT sector.

He said that it was high time for the industry to establish textile industry 4.0 learning factory in all the major clusters adopting hub and spokes model.

He added that there was a tremendous interest in India’s growth story in the world community.

In terms of abundant availability of raw material, skilled manpower, manufacturing competitiveness, huge spinning, weaving, processing and garment manufacturing facilities, he said that India definitely has a competitive advantage.

Naidu stressed the need to give major thrust to skill development, up gradation and use of digital technology and adoption of lean manufacturing systems to remain globally competitive.

He said that India has the unique advantage of combining traditional workmanship with modern methods.

He added that we not only have to showcase the wide range to the world but become a global leader in textiles manufacturing and exports.

He called up on the textile industry to fully tap the potential of IoT cloud, artificial intelligence and big data and analytics.