Govt sets no target for textile production: Gangwar

Government does not set any target for the textile and garment industry as their production is predominantly in the private sector, Lok Sabha was told today.
"Production of textiles and garments is predominantly in the private sector. Therefore, the government does not prescribe specific production targets to the textile and garmenting industry," Textiles Minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar said during Question Hour.
He said the data available on production and exports show an increasing trend during the last three years and the current year.
Gangwar also said that the government has not received any report of textile workers facing problems due to recession in the sector.

Increasing the production of textiles garments through various policy initiatives was among the foremost objectives of the government, he said.
In order to strengthen the textile industry in the country and to protect the interests of textile workers, government has launched various policy initiatives and schemes such as technology upgradation fund scheme, scheme for the development of powerloom sector.
"These are intended to strengthen the Indian textile sector and generate employment opportunities for textile workers," the Minister said.