During his visit to Gujarat, the government announced on Friday that textiles minister Piyush Goyal will preside over the second meeting of the Textile Advisory Group on Man-made Fibres (MMF).
He will also take part in a brainstorming session on technical textiles, the centrepiece project of the National Technical Textiles Mission, called Chintan Shivir. On Friday, a session will be held at the Saurashtra Tamil Sangamam in Rajkot, Gujarat, to discuss the growth prospects in the home and clothing industries.
The Saurashtra Tamil Sangamam is being held in Gujarat from April 17–30 as part of the ‘Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat’ Initiative to honour the cultural ties between Gujarat and Tamil Nadu.Over 50 significant industries in the application fields will attend the session.
These include coated furniture, adhesive tapes, labels and batches, industrial sewing threads, and adhesive tapes. Mosquito nets, stuffed toys, household wipes, fiberfill, filter fabrics, and fabrics.
The textiles ministry announced that the minister “will also address a session on Sustainability and Circularity in Textiles – Future Roadmap.”