Union Minister for Textiles, Commerce & Industry Piyush Goyal has said that it is the time to be a global champion in textiles by taking up bigger and bolder targets.
Addressing a virtual meeting with leading textiles association across the country, he said that in this period of the Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, we must all collectively put forth our efforts in one direction to realise our goals.
The textile industry should work to achieve the target of US $ 100 billion exports in a quick time, he added.
The industry representative raised various issues in the meeting and one of them was the abolition of GST on garments and not just its deferment.
The Minister also expressed his gratitude to the textile leaders who remain connected with the Ministry with all their grievances regarding raising the GST slab in MMF segment.
He emphasised that to make India Aatmanirbhar, we need to make our artisans, weavers, farmers and MSMEs Aatmanirbhar.
He said that step by step we have strengthened textile ecosystem of the nation to fully utilise our competitive and comparative advantage. From weavers to women entrepreneurs, every segment has been empowered by these steps.
He highlighted that the removal of anti-dumping duty on several key raw materials, e.g., PTA, viscose staple fibre, acrylic, nylon is a boost to man made fibre-based textiles industry.
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