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Kalam wants to make India world's fashion capital

President A P J Abdul Kalam suggested that the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) should begin by working to triple garment exports in the next three years. He was speaking in New Delhi on November 03, 2005 at the convocation of NIFT.

"For increasing the exports of apparel and garments from six billion dollars at present to 18-20 billion dollars intense collaboration between NIFT, textile research associations, textile industrialists and the government would be required. By tripling the export of apparels, we can add more than 5 million direct jobs and 7 million indirect jobs in allied sector, primarily in the cultivation of cotton," Kalam said.

"Our aim should be to create brand India design, using our cultural heritage. The aim of such brand India design should be to penetrate the minds of men and women spread in all parts of the world, through our unique products. This will enable India to tread its own path instead of proceeding in the beaten path," the President said.

This would enable ministry of textiles to achieve an export target of 70 billion dollars in fashion design and lifestyle products compared to the present 23 billion dollars, in the next five years, Kalam said.

The President also said that concerted efforts were needed in cotton research, technology generation, transfer of technology, modernization and upgrading of ginning and pressing factories, and aggressive marketing strategy.

"Students and faculty members should participate in the total activity from cotton research to marketing. This will be akin to the second green revolution for food grains. NIFT may initiate missions to embed fashion in our textile industry - big and small - so that Indian textile products from yarn to garments carry innovative ideas for the final fashion," he added.

(www.bharattextile.com)

 

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