KTR urges Centre to save textile, handloom sectors

KTR urges Centre to save textile, handloom sectors
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Textile Minister KT Rama Rao
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In a letter to Union Textile Minister Smiriti Irani, Minister KT Rama Rao says that the products have been lying with the weavers because of the lockdown

Hyderabad: Textile Minister KT Rama Rao on Sunday urged Union Textile Minister Smriti Irani to bring reforms and save the handloom and textile sectors.

The Minister wrote a letter on the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on handloom, textiles and apparel industry. The Minister said that these sectors provide high employment with lesser expenditure. The present crisis is affecting these sectors. He said that the products have been lying with the weavers because of the lockdown.

The Minister said that the State governments and Central government work together to protect the millions of livelihoods that depend on the sector. The Centre should provide 50 per cent yarn subsidy, remove GST on weavers products for the next two years, take up a programme like 'Be Indian buy Indian'.

The Minister said that there was a lot of scope for enhancing exports by encouraging the industry to invest more, and also attracting foreign investors, thereby creating more jobs.

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