Finally Gandhi Nagar (Delhi), Asia’s biggest garment market and centre for supplying garments across India, will see improvement in its overall infrastructure.
The New Delhi Government has announced that it is planning to develop Gandhi Nagar’s textile market into a ‘grand garment hub’.
Notably, it will be re-branded and re-positioned to also generate more jobs in the next five years.
The daily turnover of this market is more than Rs. 100 crore and it generates one lakh direct and 2-3 lakh indirect employment opportunities.
Catering to the entire domestic market of India, there are around 15,000 retail and wholesale shops and 5,000 small factories in Gandhi Nagar and nearby areas.
Presenting a Rs. 75,800-crore budget in the Assembly for the financial year 2022-23, Manish Sisodia, Deputy Chief Minister, Delhi praised the Gandhi Nagar market, dubbed as the ‘Asia’s largest ready-made garment market’.
The Minister said, “If people use some garments from here, they could say it with pride that this is ready-made in Delhi. This requires legal recognition, infrastructure redevelopment, construction of new service centres and re-branding, marketing and re-positioning of Gandhi Nagar. This programme is expected to create more than 40,000 new employment opportunities in the next five years,” the Deputy Chief Minister said.
He added, “Delhi markets are not only the backbone of our economy, but also the reason for our respect. One such market in Delhi is the readymade garment and textile market of Gandhi Nagar.”
Despite the decade-old efforts of the local trade associations, this market, as well as the those in nearby areas, lacks even basic facilities like proper parking space, hygiene facilities, transportation facilities, etc. The market is visited by lakh of retailers, manufacturers and wholesalers from across the India.
