KTR seeks Central assistance for handlooms and textiles sector

Hyderabad: For the second consecutive day, IT and Industries Minister K T Rama Rao shot of letters to the union government on Friday, seeking funds for various initiatives launched by the State government in the handlooms and textiles sector. Among the demands put forth by Rama Rao in the letters to union Finance Minister Nirmala […]

Hyderabad: For the second consecutive day, IT and Industries Minister K T Rama Rao shot of letters to the union government on Friday, seeking funds for various initiatives launched by the State government in the handlooms and textiles sector.

Among the demands put forth by Rama Rao in the letters to union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and union Textiles Minister Piyush Goyal were sanction of Rs 897.92 crore for Kakatiya Mega Textiles Park in Warangal towards infrastructure development, sanction of mega powerloom cluster in Sircilla, an Indian Institute of Handloom Technology (IIH-T) in Telangana, Upgradation of powerlooms under IN-SITU scheme and sanction of Block Level Handloom Clusters (BLCs) under National Handloom Development Programme (NHDP).

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The Minister had written several letters to the union government on these issues but the latter chose to ignore them.

Seeking sanction of Rs. 897.92 Cr for infrastructure development at KMTP, he also sought early approval of the project. He also urged the Centre to finalise the policy for ‘Development of Manufacturing Regions for Textile and Apparel Sector (MRTA)’ so that projects of such scale like KMTP can benefit from it.

“Telangana government is developing the country’s largest textile park, KMTP, spread over 1,200 acres in Warangal, and it is expected to house state-of the-art manufacturing facilities through the development strategy based on ‘Fiber to Fashion’ concept,” he said.
The Minister also urged the Centre to sanction a mega powerloom cluster in Sircilla, and sought Rs 49.84 crore Central assistance against the projected outlay of Rs 993.65 crores towards filling gaps and to implement components including Infrastructure gaps, modernisation and expansion of production base, strengthening of value chain, market development, skill development and capacity building and administration.

He said the State government, with the intention of generating employment, was setting up a Weaving Park under ‘Worker to Entrepreneur’ scheme and Apparel Park in Sircilla. In order to make Textile Park, Sircilla, even more viable, the government plans to restart the CFC at the existing Textile Park in Sircilla, he said, and pointed out that the State government was contributing a major share of Rs. 756.97 crore in the Project.

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