Textile Committee reconstituted - no representation for handloom sector

[I4handloom]

Dear members,

The main function of the Committee is to ensure standard qualities of
textiles both for internal marketing and export purposes and the
manufacture and use of standard type of textile machinery. The Textile
Committee also establishes Laboratories and Test Houses for the
testing of textiles. This function includes handloom sector, including
administering Handloom Mark. However, there is no representation for
handloom sector on this Committee. A Rs.50,000 crore industry,
handloom does not figure in this list primarily because of lack of
fair play at the policy level.

"Thiru Dayanidhi Maran, Minister of Textiles has reconstituted the
Textiles Committee. Thiru T. Kannan, Managing Director, Thiagaraja
Mills, Madurai has been named as the Chairman of the Textiles
Committee.

The other members include Textile Commissioner; Joint Secretary and
Director (Internal Finance) of the Ministry of Textiles; Chairman
CITI; Chairman, Indian Powerloom Federation; Chairman, Southern India
Mills Association; Chairman, Cotton Textile Export Promotion Council;
Chairman, Synthetic and Rayon Textile Export Promotion Council;
President, Textile Machinery Manufacturers Association; Secretary
General, CII; Chairman, Apparel Export Promotion Council; Chairman,
Wool and Woolens Export Promotion Council; President, Federation of
Indian Art Silk Weaving Industry; Chairman, NITMA; Director, Northern
India Textile Research Association; Thiru Ajay Himatsingka, Chairman,
Himatsingka Seide Ltd.; Chairman, Indian Woollen Mills Federation;
Thiru Britto Joseph, Madurai; Thiru S.P.Oswal, CMD, Vardhaman Textile
Limited; Thiru Senthil Kumar, BKS Textiles, Palladam; Thiru Vijay
Aggarwal, Creative Garment Pvt. Ltd. Mumbai; Thiru M. Ramaswamy Warsaw
International, Tirupur and Thiru Sanja Jayvarthanavelu, LMW Ltd.,
Coimbatore.

Thiru T. Kannan has since assumed the charge of Chairman, Textiles
Committee. The Vice Chairman of the Committee is Thiru A. B. Joshi,
Textile Commissioner. "