Eliminate child labour from textiles, increase incomes Piyush Goyal

July 16, 2021

Category: General

Country: India

Synopsis:
In a review meeting with the officials of the ministry, he also expressed confidence that there will be a big growth in this sector, the government said in a release.

ET BureauLast Updated: Jul 15, 2021, 10:12 PM IST

Goyal also stressed on enhancing the productivity of local artisans and domestic industry for Atmanirbhar Bharat, and said the sector has great potential which should be realised by using innovations, latest technology and facilitations.

Textiles minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday pushed for elimination of child labour from the textiles sector besides measures to increase the income of those employed in the sector and efforts to bring consistency in quality of handloom products.

In a review meeting with the officials of the ministry, he also expressed confidence that there will be a big growth in this sector, the government said in a release.

“He asked the concerned officials to think and undertake necessary measures for increasing income of people employed in textiles, put efforts to bring consistency in quality of handloom and eliminate child labour from the textiles sector,” the ministry said.

As per the government, textiles contributes 2.3% to the gross domestic product, 7% of the industrial output, 12% to the export earnings and directly employs more than 45 million persons which is 21% of the total employment. India is the sixth largest producer of technical textiles with 6% global share, and the largest producer of cotton and jute in the world. Cotton production supports 5.8 million farmers and 40-50 million people in allied sectors. India is also the second largest producer of silk in the world and 95% of the world’s hand woven fabric comes from India.

Courtesy: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/cons-products/garments-/-textiles/eliminate-child-labour-from-textiles-increase-incomes-piyush-goyal/articleshow/84449383.cms