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Final Ipp.Pmd Shri Shankersinh Vaghela, Hon’ble Minister of Textiles alongwith Shri P. Chidambaram, Hon’ble Minister of Finance unveiling the statue of Netaji Subash Chandra Bose, while Inaugurating the Apparel Park at New Tirupur • Eighteen projects sanctioned at a cost of • Modifications likely to include proper Rs. 580 crore; and targeting, aggressive marketing, implementation structure etc. with • Six projects to be completed by the end of involvement of the Industry in current year. implementationimplementation; Proposed modifications in the TCID/APE • Budgetary allocation for these projects Schemes increased from Rs. 60 crore in 2004-05 to The Ministry of Textiles proposes to revamp and Rs. 200 crore in 2005-062005-06; and synergise these schemes by restructuring them • These project on completion will provide into a single scheme - “Scheme for Integrated fresh employment to 5,00,000 persons. Textile Parksarks” for speedier implementation and actualisation of the vision for attaining the export target of $50 billion by 2010. 17 Apparel Training and Design Centres • State-of-the-art business centre; and (ATDCs) • One stop shop for reputed international buyers. The ATDCs were formed five years back to 8. National Institute of Fashion provide facilities for training the manpower in Technology (NIFT) garment industry at shop floor level. But they could not be operationalised due to procedural The NIFT has been setup as an Institute of and financial bottlenecks. This year, the Excellence for imparting Fashion Education with Government has ensured that the hurdles are International benchmarking. Over the years it overcome and the Scheme made functional. has assumed the leadership role in sensitizing the Industry to the concept of value addition • Twelve ATDCs set up for training 3,000 through design upgradation. A Bill is under persons per annum. consideration for granting the status of Institute • Rs. 7 crore allocated from budget. of National Importance to NIFT. Apparel International Mart (AIM) • Seven centres of NIFT have been set up to produce qualified designers; The Apparel International Mart, first of its kind in South-Asia, is being setup at Gurgaon with an • One new Centre is being set up at Lucknow; assistance of Rs.45 crore from the Government. and Started in 2002, it was stuck up in bureaucratic • An Apex Body is being set up to train the maze, non-participation of industry and teachers / trainers imparting Fashion Business lackadaisical monitoring. However, the present Education in the country. Government has put the project on fast track and is expected to be inaugurated in October 2005. 9. Improving the Quality of Cotton It would act as a podium to showcase Indian The cost and quality of cotton is a crucial garments to the world. On completion it would determinant of the competitiveness of the Textile provide: Industry in the world market. • 250 centrally air-conditioned showrooms to The Technology Mission on Cotton (TMC) was the exporters; launched in 2000 for increasing the productivity • State-of-art-art exhibition complex; and reducing the contamination of cotton Proposed Building of Apparel International Mart (AIM) 18 through upgradation of cotton market yards and • The jute industry provides direct and indirect modernisation of Ginning & Pressing factories. employment to 5.4 lakh workers; and • The cotton contamination level which was 6% • Eco-friendly golden fibre with great future. had been brought down to 2.5% and the The sector has been facing the following crisis Government is aiming to bring it further – low returns to farmers and wide spread down to 1.5%1.5%. sickness in the industry - which have not been • During the last 5 years, 112 market yards and adequately addressed for decades. 429 ginning and pressing factories have The present government on assuming power been modernised at an estimated cost of has mounted a crusade for bringing about a Rs.751 crore. The Government wants to new dawn in the Jute Sector. complete modernisation of 139 market yards and 500 ginning factories in this one The National Jute Policy 2005 year. It is hoped that the progress achieved The Government has formulated the first ever over a period of 5 years would be equalled National Jute Policy 20052005. The objectives of during the current year! the policy are to: • The budgetary allocation for TMC • Increase production by achieving a CAGR increased from Rs. 30 crore in 2003-04 to of 15% per annum; Rs. 80 crore in 2005-06, logging an increase of 167%. • Improve quality of jute fibre and ensure value addition through diversified jute products; • Cotton productivity increased from 387 kg. and per hectare in 2003-04 (October- September) to 440 Kg. per hectare in 2004- • Ensure remunerative prices to the jute 05 (October-September). farmers and enhance per hectare yield. • Cotton production estimated at record • The specific sectoral thrusts for achieving the high of 232 lakh bales (170 Kgs each) in aforesaid objectives are : the current cotton year (October 2004- (i) Enhancing R & D efforts to improve yield and September 2005). quality of jute fibre through better technology 10. New Dawn in the Jute Sector transfer and agronomic practices; The NCMP has pledged a special treatment to (ii) Accelerating modernisation of the jute industry; the Jute Sector. (iii) Restructuring and revitalising the existing Importance of Jute Public Sector Enterprises; • Ten lakh hectares under cultivation and it (iv) Revamping the Market Support Scheme to employs 40 lakh farm families - highest in enhance the share of diversified jute the world; products from 18% to 35% in next 10 years; 19 Shri Shankersinh Vaghela, Hon’ble Minister of Textiles, announcing the first ever National Jute Policy , 2005. Also seen in the picture Shri R. Poornalingam, Secretary (Textiles). (v) Enhancing R&D efforts to achieve higher product development, market development, degree of jute diversification; and marketing and distribution. (vi) Restructuring and revamping existing public • Jute Technology Mission, which was institutions and establishing new ones to give pending approval for the last 4 years, will a fresh impetus to the jute sector; and become operational from this yearyear; and (vii)Operationalising the Jute Technology Mission • Outlay of Rs. 345.55 crore within a time expeditiously. span of five years. Jute Technology Mission (JTM) Revival of National Jute Manufactures Corporation(NJMC) A holistic approach has been adopted to the jute commodity system under a Mission made A Revival Package has been approved for this approach, which encompasses sub-systems chronically sick PSE, which includes: pertaining to agricultural research and seed • VRS to all the employees at an estimated development, agronomic practices, harvesting cost of Rs. 978 crore; and and post harvesting techniques, primary and secondary processing of raw jute, diversified 20 • Revival of 2 mills in due consultation with the country better. The proposal includes capital Board for Reconstruction of Public Sector restructuring amounting to approxiamately Enterprises(BRPSE). Rs. 600 crore, which will enable JCI to borrow from financial institutions at reasonable rates and Price Support Operations for Jute thereby improve its profitability. The incentives • Minimum Support Price for Jute fixed at given to its employees will also enhance Rs. 910 per quintal, which is 21% more than productivity of the organisation. The JCI is in the what the previous government has given in process of signing an MOU with Government of 1999-2000. India to improve its functional parameters. The Government has provided Bank Guarantee Jute Packaging Order of Rs. 33 crore and released Rs. 20 crore to JCI The previous Government tried to dilute the for undertaking these operations. Mandatory Jute Packaging Order by reducing Restructuring of Jute Corporation of the use of Jute in food grain and sugar India (JCI) packaging to 60% and 50% respectively. This would have acted against the interests of 40 lakh The Jute Corporation of India (JCI) has been jute farmers. restructured to serve the requirements of the Shri Shankersinh Vaghela, Hon’ble Minister of Textiles, inaugurating Indian Handicrafts & Gifts fair, Spring 2005 & Jute India, 2005. Also seen in the picture are Shri R. Poornalingam, Secretary (Textiles) & Shri Navrattan Samdaria, Chairman, Export Promotion Council for Handicrafts 21 The present Government has ensured restoration • Consumer protection; and of the Mandatory Jute Packaging to 100% for • Brand promotion in the export market. food grains and 90% in respect of sugar for the year 2004-05. Launching of Futures Trading in Cocoons and Raw Silk through National Commodities 11. Sericulture and Derivatives Exchange Ltd (NCDEX) in January Importance 2005. It would work as an effective tool to cover the risks associated with price fluctuations. • Employs 50 lakh persons; and Vanya Silk and Forest Policy • Spread almost all over the country, including the remote areas in the North East. • Policy Guidelines issued in June 2004 for “Vanya Silk cultivation” under the Forest Major Initiatives taken during the year Conservation Act; Launching of Silk Mark Organization of India • Consequently cultivation of all varieties of (SMOI) for Vanya Silk (Tasar, Eri & Muga) on its identified • Generic Promotion of silk; Shri Shankersinh Vaghela, Hon’ble Minister of Textiles, launching the “Silk Mark” Scheme in Bangalore 22 Shri Shankersinh Vaghela, Hon’ble Minister of Textiles, launching the Future Trading in Cocoons and Raw Silk through NCDEX, Mumbai. Also seen in the picture Shri R. Poornalingam, Secretary (Textiles). host plants in forests by the tribal and non-tribal ensured that anti-dumping duty of $ 27.97 per rearers is treated as a forest based activity; Kg raw silk was imposed on cheap imports from China, and thereby protected the domestic • The policy would boost the development of silk farmers. Vanya Silk; 12. Woollen Textile Industry • The policy allows host plantations in collaboration with the Forest Departments in • Provides employment to approximately major Vanya Silk producing States; and 12 lakh peoplepeople; • Eri silk is being promoted as Ahimsa Silk.
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