Ludhiana to get a NIFT shortly

Union Minister of Textiles K S Rao has announced that Ludhiana will be shortly have a

National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT). He made this announcement at the interaction with the representatives of Ludhiana Integrated Textile Park and Knitwear Club in the presence of Manish Tewari, Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting. The minister also announced that he along with Tewari will take up the issue of ‘anti-dumping duty’ on some goods with the Finance Ministry.

He also announced Rs 10 crores for exhibition centre within the upcoming Apparel Park, for the textile sector in the town. He also assured all possible support from the government to promote the knitwear industry. Agreeing to the industry demand for a training centre in the city, the minister said that District Industries Centre (DIC) will be asked for immediate action. In order to promote training of unskilled labour, Rao announced that the Centre will provide Rs 10,000 for each trainee whom the industry undertakes to train.

In his remarks, Manish Tewari said that the government has a responsibility to promote industry in all possible ways. Recalling the general norms of making available land and bearing capital cost for setting up of a NIFT by the state government, Tewari suggested that PPP Model could be considered for Ludhiana as industry was willing to provide land for the purpose.