Value of textile exports should be increased to $100 bn from $33 bn: Goyal

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Textiles Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday said the value of textile exports should be increased to $100 billion from $33 billion currently.

The government and industry should collectively resolve to reach the target of $44 billion of exports by the end of the current fiscal year for textiles and apparel, including handicrafts, Goyal, who is also minister for commerce and industry, told reporters.

“I have settled for $44 billion this year... I am sure nothing less than $100 billion will satisfy any of you, and certainly will not satisfy the government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi," he said at a meeting