Assures all steps to aid industry growth
Mrs. Smriti Zubin Irani, recently took over as the Textiles Minister. Earlier, she was the Minister for Human Resource Development. Mr. Ajay Tamta takes charge as Minister of State for Textiles.
Speaking to media persons on the occasion, Mrs. Irani thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for placing her in charge of a sector that employs the largest number of people, next only to agriculture. The sector has a lot of unrealized potential in terms of skilling and employment, and it can play a very important role in scaling up the ‘Make In India’ vision of the Prime Minister.
She noted that the textiles sector provides employment to a large number of women and that she will continue the efforts being made to engage with the industry and help increase exports.
Citing that weavers are the backbone of the sector, she gave the assurance that the Government would strive to help them to the maximum possible extent.
On the huge opportunity for skilling, the Minister said that, besides improving the skills of the people already engaged in the sector, she would also take steps to bring more youngsters into the field.
Mrs. Irani also extended her best wishes to the new HRD Minister, Mr. Prakash Javadekar, who has assured her that he would take forward the initiatives taken by the HRD Ministry in the past two years. She also complimented her predecessor, Mr. Santosh Kumar Gangwar, for his rich contribution to the Textiles Ministry so far.