In order to get make textile and leather sector compliant with the environment and its processes, expertise panel is being laid, said the Textile Union Minister, Mr. Dayanidhi Maran.
While India International Leather Fair managed and hosted by ITPO, India Trade Promotion Organization was being inaugurated, Mr. Maran explained measures for pollution control are very important in order to protect the environment especially for sectors like textile, sugar and leather. These industries should not overkill too by the pressurized stringent standards.
Reason behind this outcome in the form of expertise panel was the discussions held between Jairam Ramesh, Minister of Union Environment and Mr. Maran, experts reports expressed lined by the bodies like Central Leather Research Institute and industry sector ensuring there were no such underplaying or overdoing of environmental issues and concerns.
Mr Maran insisted the leather industry to get shifted from raw material export to final finished goods. Rising over the value chain was better in order to remain in competition with the global market, he added.
Habib Hussain, CLE (Council for Leather Exports) Chairman, said leather sector showed positive figures on growth during the last quarter of the year 2009 after negative performance for a year.
Export awards were distributed later by Mr Maran for varied categories. The ITPO chairman, Subas Pani and CLE vice-chairman, Sanjay Leekha also spoke about concerned issues.
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