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Powertex Scheme key to ‘zero defect’ products: Smriti Irani
- | Friday | 28th April, 2017
SPOT-VISIT: Union Textiles Minister Smriti Irani takes a look at a modern loom at the Powerloom Service Centre in Erode on Thursday. Union Textiles Minister Smriti Irani said here on Thursday that the new Powertex scheme would pave way for the manufacture of 'zero defect’ products, in line with the Prime Minister’s vision for India, and cluster development. The Minister took stock of the facilities at the Powerloom Service Centre at Surampatti in the city and held discussions on the implementation of central schemes in the textile sector. Components of the Power tex India Scheme encompass In-situ Upgradation of Plain Powerlooms; Group Workshed Scheme (GWS); Yarn Bank Scheme; Common Facility Centre (CFC); Pradhan Mantri Credit Scheme for Powerloom Weavers; Solar Energy Scheme for Powerlooms; and Facilitation, IT, Awareness, Market Development and Publicity. Ms. Irani visited Nethaji Apparel Park and various other facilities in the apparel production chain to understand the work culture followed in the Tirupur knitwear cluster.
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