Mumbai: It’s been more than a month that Naseem Khan, textile minister expressed objections and invited suggestions on the latest textile policy. During the previous week, he forwarded the draft for new policy in the house.
Main objective behind the policy is to facilitate most of the linkages within the textile industry, associated coordination amongst the state agencies and the central, enhance marketing infrastructure promote self-production and acquaint training, education, health facilities for workers. We will be providing security and housing schemes too said Khan.
Maharashtra is now woken up finally to the fact about the textile mills that have shut in Mumbai. Latest ones have all moved to the city of Gujarat due to the infrastructural and other kind of support. As per the policy, textile mills would now be determined as D Plus zone. Result of the same would be that they will have uninterrupted supply of power and will be job-oriented as well.
The city has around 32,000 handloom mills along with 269 spinning plants and 102lakh power-looms that are under the controls of cooperative sector. In this policy, the ministry will be doing away with the structure. Private players are likely to be invited for investments in the mills. Lessening down the financial burden over the city is out motto, source at the ministry of textile explained.
The latest policy will be presented to the cabinet and as per their approval, work shall be initiated phase-wise.
