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    <author>ENA</author>
    <category>Sectors</category>
    <date>2023-04-18 16:16:55</date>
    <fulldesc>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:14px&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;New Delhi, Apr 18 (KNN)&lt;/strong&gt; Mithileshwar Thakur has joined the Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC), Ministry of Textiles as Secretary General, as per an official press release.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:14px&quot;&gt;He is a member of the 89 batch of Civil Service and prior to that he was selected/ appointed as a member of IRS (ME) in the Indian Railways and as Engineer with Tata Steel/ Tata Motors/ NTPC. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:14px&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://bit.ly/3B9mZSj&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;FOLLOW US on GOOGLE NEWS&quot; src=&quot;https://knnindia.co.in//uploads/gallery/GoogleNews.jpg&quot; style=&quot;border-style:solid; border-width:1px; height:95px; margin:1px; width:299px&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:14px&quot;&gt;Speaking on his new role Thakur said, My mantra for exponential growth of Indian Textiles and Apparel sector is investment, innovation and integration of value chain.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:14px&quot;&gt;The focus should be on building scale, skill and technology besides diversification of products basket and strengthening of Brand India, he said.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:14px&quot;&gt;The idea is to align the industrys approach with the governments vision to make India a favoured textiles destination, he added.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:14px&quot;&gt;Earlier, he served as Additional Director General in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry and was extensively involved in the formulation and implementation of Indias Foreign Trade policy; administration of Trade Remedy Measures; amendment of Anti-dumping, Anti-subsidy and Safeguard Rules and negotiation of Free Trade Agreements/ CECA/CEPA.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:14px&quot;&gt;He had also headed Trade Division in the Department of Commerce.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:14px&quot;&gt;Thakur has in-depth knowledge of Customs, Excise and GST laws and procedures. His areas of interest include Intellectual Property Right issues and Cyber Laws.  &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;(KNN Bureau)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
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    <link>https://knnindia.co.in/news/newsdetails/sectors/apparel-export-promotion-council-appoints-mithileshwar-thakur-as-secretary-general</link>
    <pubDate>2023-04-18 16:16:55</pubDate>
    <source>knnindia.co.in</source>
    <title>Apparel Export Promotion Council appoints Mithileshwar Thakur as Secretary General</title>
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