Tirupur will be revived says Anand Sharma

Shri Anand Sharma Union Minister of Textiles, along with the Minister of State Smt. Panabaaka Lakshmi attended a briefing presentation organized by the Ministry on the overall issues concerning the Textiles Ministry. After the meeting Shri Anand Sharma said, “The meeting was informative today. I got the first hand feel of the functions of various divisions and issues concerning the Ministry. Textiles sector is a major employment provider therefore; we will see that the functions of the institutions should be made more robust, particularly many heads of the institutions and also revival of Tirupur”. Replying to query of the media Textile Minister Shri Sharma further stated that, “On the issue of Tirupur Secretary Textile will go to Chennai and constitute a group to look into the challenges that is there especially the concerns”. On the issue of further export of cotton Minister said that, “We need to look into what is the exportable surplus. We are regularly monitoring the situation and a considered view will be taken. The meeting was attended by Secretary Textiles Smt. Rita Menon and other senior officials of the Ministry