Centre has sanctioned 20 textile parks in one year: Gangwar

Union Minister for Textiles Santosh Gangwar and Haridwar MP Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank during a media briefing in Haridwar on Sunday. Tribune photo

The Union government has sanctioned 20 textile parks in the last one year while apparel garment units are being set up to promote the textile sector. A special emphasis is being laid on the technical textile sector.

This was stated by Union Minister for Textiles (independent charge) Santosh Gangwar while addressing mediapersons here today. Haridwar MP Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank was also present. Gangwar said the NDA government had taken several remarkable initiatives in the past 20 months.

“India has emerged as the new growth engine under Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The NDA government has launched several schemes such as the Namami Gange, the Bharat Swachh Abhiyan and Startup India have been launched by ” said Gangwar.He said the BJP had promised to provide corruption-free governance during the elections and it had succeeded in implementing the same.

He said during the UPA tenure, several scams came to the fore but no such scandal had surfaced under the NDA government so far.

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