By Tricitynews
Chandigarh 15th November:- The Governor of Punjab and
administrator Chandigarh, H.E. V.P. Singh Badnore on Friday inaugurated the
75th Platinum Jubilee of the All India Textile Conference organized by The
Textile Association (India) PHC Unit Chandigarh at Hotel 'The Lalit',
Chandigarh. The governor lit the lamp in presence of Guest of Honour, Ashish
Bagrodia, the president of TAI (PHC), L.K Singh, Conference Chairman, S.N.
Sodhi, Rajeev Garg, Mukesh Tyagi and Hon Secretary TAI (PHC), Satish Marwah and
other delegates.
In his address the Governor hailed
the efforts of the organizer Chandigarh unit for its efforts to assemble the
share holders of textile industry from all over country under one roof to
discuss the future of textile industry in particular and India in whole. He
also congratulated the delegates and organizers on the auspicious week of
celebrations of 550th birth anniversary of Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji.
Addressing the gathering, the
Governor said that India is on the helm of being a world leader in economy in
years to come and textile industry can play an important and crucial role in
this regard as TAI is the largest business body of country providing 110
Million jobs to the people of India. He said that Indian textile industry has
the capacity to grow on the faster pace due to present business environment
throughout world and moreover the domestic market is growing at a healthy
rate.
Talking about the contribution of
Punjab state in the field of textile, the governor said that Punjab produces
65% of the total textile production of India and 95% of woolen textile in
particular. He added that for the purpose of research and designing in textile,
Punjab has set up Research and Fashion center at Mohali and Government School
of Knitting at Amritsar and both the centers are doing well to provide new
techniques in the textile industry.
Inviting the stakeholders of industry
to come together to resolve the issues and challanges being faced by industry
he said the new ideas and technology can make a diffrence in the field. He also
invited the industrialists to invest in the state as Punjab has a great
potential to grow in the field.