BHOPAL: Minister for commerce-industry, employment, mineral resources and overseas Indians, Rajendra Shukla said that Madhya Pradesh has emerged as a hub of the textile industry of the country in the last one decade due to the industrial friendly policy of the state government. He said that the state has around one thousand acre land bank in all the districts to establish Industries. A special policy is being brought soon to encourage garment industry in the state. Shukla was addressing the 14th international and 72nd All-India Textile Conference here today. More than 300 representative of textile industry are taking part in the conference.
Shukla mentioned that MP is progressing rapidly. Shukla further mentioned that all the facilities are available. He said that long term planning has been made in electricity sector. Every year, an increase of 1,000 megawatt capacity is being registered in the established capacity.
Minister Shukla mentioned that units of famous groups like Vardhman, Trident, Nahar, S.E.L Group, Raymond and Grasim are functioning successfully in the state. An amount of around Rs 7 thousand crore has been invested in the textile sector and 40 thousand persons have got employment in last 6 years. Textile projects worth Rs 4 thousand crore will be established in the state soon. He told that the biggest 750 megawatt solar power plant of the world is being established at Rewa. Conference was also addressed by S Pal, president of MP Chapter NS Nirban, national president Arvind Sinha, Avdhesh Sharma, Siddhartha Agarwal and Sanjeev Lakhetiya. Minister Shukla was also honoured on the occasion.
