Inaugurating Bharat Tex, supposedly one of the largest textile exhibitions globally here on Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in the next five years he will stop the government from interfering in the lives of middle class people. He asked people associated with the textile industry to think out of box to find new markets.
“Don’t leave this work to the government. It will spoil your efforts. I am of the view that the government should be kept out of the lives of people. I cannot agree with the way government is interfering especially in middle class lives,” he said.
PM Modi added that in the last ten years he did not allow the government to meddle with the lives of middle class people and will ensure that the same is true of the next five years.
“Governments should help poor to access health and education,” he said.
The Prime Minister promised all support to the textiles sector and said the sector has a crucial role to play in making India a developed nation by 2047. The Bharat Tex 2024, a four-day exhibition of textile value chain covering “farm to foreign via fibre, fabric and fashion focus”.
“It will showcase India’s prowess in the textile sector and reaffirm India’s position as a global textile powerhouse,” the Centre said in a release. It is organised by a consortium of 11 Textile Export Promotion Councils supported by the Centre. It has over 3,500 exhibitors, over 3,000 buyers from over 100 countries, and more than 40,000 business visitors, besides textiles students, weavers, artisans and textile workers taking part in it.
Mr. Modi said when he came to power in 2014, the valuation of textile market was less than ₹7 lakh crore and now it has now crossed ₹12 lakh crore.
“There is a 25% increase in yarn, fabric and apparel production. 380 new standards set by the Bureau of Indian Standards are ensuring quality control in the sector. This has led to doubling of foreign direct investment in the sector in the last 10 years,” Mr. Modi said.
