Textile promotion scheme launched by Arunachal

Textile promotion scheme launched by Arunachal

To boost employment generation and fillip entrepreneurship, Arunachal Pradesh government has launched an indigenous textile promotion scheme in Lower Dibang Valley (LDV) in the state. As many as 500 weavers of the district will be benefitted with the textile scheme, according to an informed sources.

The scheme is a support to the local weaver to develop various new textile products to increase business and will improve the local economy, Deepak Shinde, deputy commissioner of LDV said while announcing the launch of the scheme. Free yarns were also distributed to the weavers. In a bid to improve the business of the local textile industry, Shinde assured the weavers of installation of essential modern facilities in the craft centre of the district.

Meanwhile textiles minister Smriti Irani said during the inauguration of an apparel and garment making centre in Pasighat, in East Siang district, recently. Development of the Northeast is high on the list of priorities of the NDA government at the centre. The State is also slated to get six more incubation centres to bring modern garment industry in the state.

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