Tourism Minister Kishan Reddy urges Telangana CM to take advantage of PM-Mitra to improve textile sector infra

New Delhi, Feb 17 (KNN) Union Minister for Tourism G. Kishan Reddy has urged Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao to take advantage of the Centre’s PM Mega Integrated Textiles Region and Apparel Park (PM-Mitra) scheme for improving infrastructure for the textile sector in Telangana.

In a communication with the Chief Minister released to the media, Reddy said that the Rs 4,445 crore PM-Mitra aims to develop large-scale modern infrastructure facilities for the sector. 

It offers an opportunity under the public, private partnership to create an entire value chain from spinning, weaving, processing and garment printing to ensure manufacturing at a single location, he added.

The objective is also to reduce the logistic costs and improve competitiveness in the textile sector. 

Reddy pointed out that the Telangana State is the land of multiple textile traditions with several GI tagged products such as Pochampally Ikat, Gadwal sarees, Narayanpet sarees, durries and Siddipet Gollabama.

Hence, the Telangana Government should take advantage of this scheme as it would be a boon for the people. The Ministry of Textiles had shared the operational guidelines of the scheme with the Chief Secretary with a request to submit proposals to the Centre before March 15, he added, in his communication.

The PM-MITRA scheme aims to realize Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision of building an Aatmanirbhar Bharat and to position India strongly on the global textiles map. 

The scheme entails developing integrated large-scale and modern industrial infrastructure facilities for the entire value-chain of the textile industry. (KNN Bureau)